Let People Steal Your Work (and Feel Great About It)
Why would anyone buy an NFT when they can save the image for free? Forecasting how creators can monetize their art in a public domain worldBefore diving in, let's clear the air about the provocative title - it's not about encouraging art theft. Rather, I'd like to explore the potential benefits that come when your creations are spread and shared across the globe. In this post, I'll analyze why celebrated artists like XCOPY and innovative projects such as Moonbirds have cho...
Let People Steal Your Work (and Feel Great About It)
Why would anyone buy an NFT when they can save the image for free? Forecasting how creators can monetize their art in a public domain worldBefore diving in, let's clear the air about the provocative title - it's not about encouraging art theft. Rather, I'd like to explore the potential benefits that come when your creations are spread and shared across the globe. In this post, I'll analyze why celebrated artists like XCOPY and innovative projects such as Moonbirds have cho...
Should Art have Utility?
Why do we spend time on things with no apparent utility, such as art? Why do people spend thousands of dollars to buy a digital image they could download for free? https://opensea.io/assets/ethereum/0x3B3ee1931Dc30C1957379FAc9aba94D1C48a5405/82114 Question My Being by Jeanna Ghirghi - collected by me on FoundationHello, my friends. My name is Duarte, and I’ve been spending a lot of time thinking and discussing the possible answers to those questions. I have an engineering background, and work...
Should Art have Utility?
Why do we spend time on things with no apparent utility, such as art? Why do people spend thousands of dollars to buy a digital image they could download for free? https://opensea.io/assets/ethereum/0x3B3ee1931Dc30C1957379FAc9aba94D1C48a5405/82114 Question My Being by Jeanna Ghirghi - collected by me on FoundationHello, my friends. My name is Duarte, and I’ve been spending a lot of time thinking and discussing the possible answers to those questions. I have an engineering background, and work...
