Remember when NFTs sold for millions of dollars? 95% of the digital collectibles are now probably worthless.::NFTs had a huge bull run two years ago, with billions of dollars per month in trading volume, but now most have crashed to zero, a study found.

      • @dustyData
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        51 year ago

        People can buy multiple copies if so they wish to. Most digital sellers are perfectly happy to charge you multiple times for things you technically already own. Artificial scarcity by way of limiting a digital good is unethical.

        • @[email protected]
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          31 year ago

          I was under the impression that the main point of DRM was to prevent blanket copying of a product and sharing with others who haven’t purchased said product.

          • @[email protected]
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            11 year ago

            If I buy an e-book I should be able to read it on any device I want. If I purchase software I should be able to install it and use it on as many devices I own that I want.

            • 小莱卡
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              11 year ago

              it really do be as simple as that. computers made data effortless to reproduce and distribute yet people are unironically against it because publishers don’t get to profit off every single copy.

    • @Cryophilia
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      -11 year ago

      You can’t buy a book, print off a ton of copies, and then sell those copies. You can do whatever you want with your book, lend out, give it away, but you’re not allowed to profit off it.

      • 小莱卡
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        31 year ago

        Ask yourself who do these IP laws protect.

        Hint: It’s not you or the writer.

      • @[email protected]
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        21 year ago

        Sure you are. You’re allowed to sell it to a book store, and if it’s somehow more valuable than what you paid when you bought it, you profit.

        • @Cryophilia
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          21 year ago

          You can’t make copies and then sell those copies to the book store

          • @[email protected]
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            31 year ago

            Legally I cannot, but physically the book does not come with a device that prevents me from doing so.