Can someone please explain this to me, can anyone buy the rights to my art and anyones art? who do they buy the ntf from? who gains from letting other people steal my work???? is this a way to make it easier for art theives to steal art? like it is difficult now? can they steal ntf from any site? I just deleted my entire gallery from here, do I need to delete it from other places too, or can they only buy the ntf from sites like Daz? If this is what I think it is, anyone can come along, buy the rights to my work and claim credit for it and Daz are all for it..... Then I need to stop being a Dazoholic, go through some 10 step program and learn to love the other site.... If this is what I think it is then I have no respect left for Daz, I always say there is a special place in hell reserved for art thieves, and now it seams that Daz belongs to that lowlife part of humanity. Sorry, but art theives prevents me from sharing my art without a big fat watermark across it which pains me so much, more than I can say in words. The thieves are killing us artists and now it seams like Daz is helping them? Please answer me and explain this like you would to a child beacause I don't understand any of this, I'm to old for this kind of s....t-
Daz is not out to steal your art. NFTs on the other hand - I can't even understand the whole concept myself and therefore cannot explain it to you, but at least the NFTs here are art created by the people looking to sell them, not from any stolen artwork. Even if I'm highly disappointed in this decision by Daz (enough to almost be done with the place), I also highly doubt they are going to steal anyones art.
Thanks for the reply! I hope someone can explain this to me, but from what I have read so far it sounds like a way to make it easier to steal art. I hope I am wrong, because if I am right I need to stop shopping here and I really don't want that...
Well, it MAY very well make it easier to steal art, that I don't know, but I don't think Daz is going to do it or condone that sort of thing. However, I disagree with the entire dirty business of NFTs on their environmentally wasteful nature and because of the corruption and general shadiness surrounding the whole bitcoin thing and anything that has to do with it.
Can someone please explain this to me, can anyone buy the rights to my art and anyones art? who do they buy the ntf from? who gains from letting other people steal my work???? is this a way to make it easier for art theives to steal art? like it is difficult now? can they steal ntf from any site? I just deleted my entire gallery from here, do I need to delete it from other places too, or can they only buy the ntf from sites like Daz? If this is what I think it is, anyone can come along, buy the rights to my work and claim credit for it and Daz are all for it..... Then I need to stop being a Dazoholic, go through some 10 step program and learn to love the other site.... If this is what I think it is then I have no respect left for Daz, I always say there is a special place in hell reserved for art thieves, and now it seams that Daz belongs to that lowlife part of humanity. Sorry, but art theives prevents me from sharing my art without a big fat watermark across it which pains me so much, more than I can say in words. The thieves are killing us artists and now it seams like Daz is helping them? Please answer me and explain this like you would to a child beacause I don't understand any of this, I'm to old for this kind of s....t-
From what I’ve heard from other sources is that only the original creator can create the NFT (unless they choose to do otherwise) and the buyer is basically getting an autographed copy, so it’s like buying a signed print with a limited amount of copies and purchasers can resell them just like collectors can resell art they purchased.. It does not give the buyer the right to make prints, t-shirts, etc... with the art unless you grant that option. This is what I was told in VR circles. I believe you get to choose what rights the buyers get and how many copies you want purchased. Also it’s expensive to create an NFT in the first place.
It's apparently not quite true that only the original creator can create an NFT.
Can someone please explain this to me, can anyone buy the rights to my art and anyones art? who do they buy the ntf from? who gains from letting other people steal my work???? is this a way to make it easier for art theives to steal art? like it is difficult now? can they steal ntf from any site? I just deleted my entire gallery from here, do I need to delete it from other places too, or can they only buy the ntf from sites like Daz? If this is what I think it is, anyone can come along, buy the rights to my work and claim credit for it and Daz are all for it..... Then I need to stop being a Dazoholic, go through some 10 step program and learn to love the other site.... If this is what I think it is then I have no respect left for Daz, I always say there is a special place in hell reserved for art thieves, and now it seams that Daz belongs to that lowlife part of humanity. Sorry, but art theives prevents me from sharing my art without a big fat watermark across it which pains me so much, more than I can say in words. The thieves are killing us artists and now it seams like Daz is helping them? Please answer me and explain this like you would to a child beacause I don't understand any of this, I'm to old for this kind of s....t-
From what I’ve heard from other sources is that only the original creator can create the NFT (unless they choose to do otherwise) and the buyer is basically getting an autographed copy, so it’s like buying a signed print with a limited amount of copies and purchasers can resell them just like collectors can resell art they purchased.. It does not give the buyer the right to make prints, t-shirts, etc... with the art unless you grant that option. This is what I was told in VR circles. I believe you get to choose what rights the buyers get and how many copies you want purchased. Also it’s expensive to create an NFT in the first place.
It's apparently not quite true that only the original creator can create an NFT.
Can someone please explain this to me, can anyone buy the rights to my art and anyones art? who do they buy the ntf from? who gains from letting other people steal my work???? is this a way to make it easier for art theives to steal art? like it is difficult now? can they steal ntf from any site? I just deleted my entire gallery from here, do I need to delete it from other places too, or can they only buy the ntf from sites like Daz? If this is what I think it is, anyone can come along, buy the rights to my work and claim credit for it and Daz are all for it..... Then I need to stop being a Dazoholic, go through some 10 step program and learn to love the other site.... If this is what I think it is then I have no respect left for Daz, I always say there is a special place in hell reserved for art thieves, and now it seams that Daz belongs to that lowlife part of humanity. Sorry, but art theives prevents me from sharing my art without a big fat watermark across it which pains me so much, more than I can say in words. The thieves are killing us artists and now it seams like Daz is helping them? Please answer me and explain this like you would to a child beacause I don't understand any of this, I'm to old for this kind of s....t-
In crypto-libertarian fairy land, there's a thing called a "blockchain". It's basically a massive computer file that keeps track of who mines and owns crypto-currency. To create more crypto-currency, you have to use your computer to process the blockchain, meaning it's perpetually pulling itself up by its own bootstraps. Every iteration takes longer and longer, since the blockchain keeps growing. So crypto-currency gets more and more computer processor-intensive to produce, which means people need to scoop up GPUs in order to create computer farms that process the blockchain and create more crypto-currency. That's why GPUs are nonexistent now. It's also badly accelerating climate change.
An NFT is basically an entry in the blockchain. It's like a receipt stating that you (as in, your unique ID) acknowledges the existence of a digital file. It does not give you ownership of or copyright over the file. You basically say "I acknowledge that piece of digital data exists" and that is permanently etched in the blockchain. In theory, it's supposed to empower artists by allowing them to sell "authorized" .jpgs of their art instead of just some schmuck right-clicking and saving it to their hard drive.
Again, an NFT does not confer copyright over an image. You still own the copyright. If you sell NFTs, you are basically rubber-stamping each .jpg you sell as an "authorized" digital copy, like a watermark. You can "mint" as many NFTs as you want; the extrordinarily high prices you hear about in the news are because the copyright-holders are imposing artificial scarcity on data you can easily save to your hard drive.
Daz entered a partnership with James Cameron-Wilson, the owner of Diigitals, to publish NFTs on an outside website, Opensea, as an advertising tactic to get NFT manufacturers interested in using the Daz platform. It has absolutely no bearing whatsoever on the rest of the site.
Thanks for the reply and for explaining it, I still don't quite understand unfortuntaly. But the: "But due to thevetting process at many sites, people who are not the owners are uploading those files and charging money for NFTs." doesn't make me less scared of this... The world is full of shady sites....
Can someone please explain this to me, can anyone buy the rights to my art and anyones art? who do they buy the ntf from? who gains from letting other people steal my work???? is this a way to make it easier for art theives to steal art? like it is difficult now? can they steal ntf from any site? I just deleted my entire gallery from here, do I need to delete it from other places too, or can they only buy the ntf from sites like Daz? If this is what I think it is, anyone can come along, buy the rights to my work and claim credit for it and Daz are all for it..... Then I need to stop being a Dazoholic, go through some 10 step program and learn to love the other site.... If this is what I think it is then I have no respect left for Daz, I always say there is a special place in hell reserved for art thieves, and now it seams that Daz belongs to that lowlife part of humanity. Sorry, but art theives prevents me from sharing my art without a big fat watermark across it which pains me so much, more than I can say in words. The thieves are killing us artists and now it seams like Daz is helping them? Please answer me and explain this like you would to a child beacause I don't understand any of this, I'm to old for this kind of s....t-
From what I’ve heard from other sources is that only the original creator can create the NFT (unless they choose to do otherwise) and the buyer is basically getting an autographed copy, so it’s like buying a signed print with a limited amount of copies and purchasers can resell them just like collectors can resell art they purchased.. It does not give the buyer the right to make prints, t-shirts, etc... with the art unless you grant that option. This is what I was told in VR circles. I believe you get to choose what rights the buyers get and how many copies you want purchased. Also it’s expensive to create an NFT in the first place.
It's apparently not quite true that only the original creator can create an NFT.
The only info on the proceeds going to the charity that I can easily find is the nebulous statement: "Proceeds from the sales of Shudu NFTs will go to this powerful organization"
Exactly how much will go? They can donate a dollar in total and that would fall under "proceeds". It seems like they're trying to frame this ecological nightmare in something more palatable. I dislike when charities are mentioned/used, but not the actual details. When will the charity recieve their funds? Will it be in "hard" currency or crypto? Will the donating entity being taking the tax break for the donation?
That charity is a bit hypocritical. Given the carbon footprint of all that crypto stuff, including NFT's, its like cutting down the rain forest and with a few left-over timbers, you build a rescue boat for the young people, so they can have a bright future. What I really cannot understand is that in times where quite alot of companies really do invest in corporate social responisbility (CSR) (often just for "greenwashing", that's true), Daz is engagieg in the completely other direction. Crypto-something is as far from CSR as one can get, without leaving the solar system.
Can someone please explain this to me, can anyone buy the rights to my art and anyones art? who do they buy the ntf from? who gains from letting other people steal my work???? is this a way to make it easier for art theives to steal art? like it is difficult now? can they steal ntf from any site? I just deleted my entire gallery from here, do I need to delete it from other places too, or can they only buy the ntf from sites like Daz? If this is what I think it is, anyone can come along, buy the rights to my work and claim credit for it and Daz are all for it..... Then I need to stop being a Dazoholic, go through some 10 step program and learn to love the other site.... If this is what I think it is then I have no respect left for Daz, I always say there is a special place in hell reserved for art thieves, and now it seams that Daz belongs to that lowlife part of humanity. Sorry, but art theives prevents me from sharing my art without a big fat watermark across it which pains me so much, more than I can say in words. The thieves are killing us artists and now it seams like Daz is helping them? Please answer me and explain this like you would to a child beacause I don't understand any of this, I'm to old for this kind of s....t-
Daz is not out to steal your art. NFTs on the other hand - I can't even understand the whole concept myself and therefore cannot explain it to you, but at least the NFTs here are art created by the people looking to sell them, not from any stolen artwork. Even if I'm highly disappointed in this decision by Daz (enough to almost be done with the place), I also highly doubt they are going to steal anyones art.
Thanks for the reply! I hope someone can explain this to me, but from what I have read so far it sounds like a way to make it easier to steal art. I hope I am wrong, because if I am right I need to stop shopping here and I really don't want that...
The intent behind it is to make it easier for artists to verify that work is theirs, by purchasing a unique token. But because the system is unregulated and large amounts of money are involved, bad actors can take advantage of really obvious exploits, the simplest of which is just uploading someone else's art before they can do it themselves and selling it as the "original."
Probably the only people who need to worry about it on a practical level are artists with high name recognition, because large NFT purchases are generally speculative--people are trying to buy valuable NFTs at early prices so they can sell them for exponentially more money down the line.
This is a big problem with the "move fast and break things" crowd, in that they take a near-utopian view of new technology and don't realistically consider downsides until after they've caused harm at an enormous scale.
Sounds like they had good intentions, but they should have thought this all the way through, the world is full of a...s who wants to steal from other people so if it can be done they will....
In any case, everyone needs to put visual watermarks on all the art they care about, right through the middle, with your name or website. If you don’t have Photoshop, you can use free phone/tablet apps like Snapseed or PS Express to do it. Don’t stop showing your art, just protect it and it’s actually great marketing for you too!
If someone really wants to steal your art, the watermark isn't going to matter.
Just look at the artwork that was stolen from a DA artist, that applied a watermark, and used for a recent Magic the Gathering card.
I've also had Executive Assistants call me up and say "We have this picture and the boss wants to know if you can remove the watermark from it."
People think of watermarks as an inconvience barely understanding why its there.
...if they didn't obscure pretty much the entire piece I feel more people would use them. Stock photo services use ones that are not as "obtrusive" as the DA one but are still effective. As I mentioned imagine say the Mona Lisa with a big DA logo plastered over it, or a more subtle work where it actually obscures fine details for the viewer.
Can someone please explain this to me, can anyone buy the rights to my art and anyones art? who do they buy the ntf from? who gains from letting other people steal my work???? is this a way to make it easier for art theives to steal art? like it is difficult now? can they steal ntf from any site? I just deleted my entire gallery from here, do I need to delete it from other places too, or can they only buy the ntf from sites like Daz? If this is what I think it is, anyone can come along, buy the rights to my work and claim credit for it and Daz are all for it..... Then I need to stop being a Dazoholic, go through some 10 step program and learn to love the other site.... If this is what I think it is then I have no respect left for Daz, I always say there is a special place in hell reserved for art thieves, and now it seams that Daz belongs to that lowlife part of humanity. Sorry, but art theives prevents me from sharing my art without a big fat watermark across it which pains me so much, more than I can say in words. The thieves are killing us artists and now it seams like Daz is helping them? Please answer me and explain this like you would to a child beacause I don't understand any of this, I'm to old for this kind of s....t-
Daz is not out to steal your art. NFTs on the other hand - I can't even understand the whole concept myself and therefore cannot explain it to you, but at least the NFTs here are art created by the people looking to sell them, not from any stolen artwork. Even if I'm highly disappointed in this decision by Daz (enough to almost be done with the place), I also highly doubt they are going to steal anyones art.
Thanks for the reply! I hope someone can explain this to me, but from what I have read so far it sounds like a way to make it easier to steal art. I hope I am wrong, because if I am right I need to stop shopping here and I really don't want that...
Well, it MAY very well make it easier to steal art, that I don't know, but I don't think Daz is going to do it or condone that sort of thing. However, I disagree with the entire dirty business of NFTs on their environmentally wasteful nature and because of the corruption and general shadiness surrounding the whole bitcoin thing and anything that has to do with it.
If this makes it easier to steal art and Daz is helping them somehow, and it sounds like it, then I will need to stop shoping here , follow the other site more closely and buy more there than here. I love Daz, atleast I did until now.... Art theft is the lowes of the lowest, and if this makes it easier to steal art then I want not part of it or the companies associated with it.
In any case, everyone needs to put visual watermarks on all the art they care about, right through the middle, with your name or website. If you don’t have Photoshop, you can use free phone/tablet apps like Snapseed or PS Express to do it. Don’t stop showing your art, just protect it and it’s actually great marketing for you too!
If someone really wants to steal your art, the watermark isn't going to matter.
Just look at the artwork that was stolen from a DA artist, that applied a watermark, and used for a recent Magic the Gathering card.
I've also had Executive Assistants call me up and say "We have this picture and the boss wants to know if you can remove the watermark from it."
People think of watermarks as an inconvience barely understanding why its there.
...if they didn't obscure pretty much the entire piece I feel more people would use them. Stock photo services use ones that are not as "obtrusive" as the DA one but are still effective. As I mentioned imagine say the Mona Lisa with a big DA logo plastered over it, or a more subtle work where it actually obscures fine details for the viewer.
There are also ways to invisibly mark your artwork. Apps like iWatermark (iPad/iPhone) can invisibly code picture metadata into the image. Since you own the original (unmarked) image, you can spot check what metadata was encoded into your art. Some of my customers use that method to identify from what web site their images were stolen, and when (the web site encodes the system time into the image when it is displayed). Using serbver logs, they can determine from wihich IP address that image was loaded.
...ah thanks. So useless then as I don't have a render server.
I was under the impression Daz was setting up an in house render service. That would be much more valuable to and useful for the community than selling NFTs, particularly as the NFT thing along with cryptomining and a silicon shortage has made getting new powerful GPUs a trying and expensive venture.
There are render servers available for hire.. google is your friend :)
..I am aware of that but the Daz EULA seems to get in the way as one would be sending raw meshes to a third party. This was also an issue when 3D printing services became available as well.
Why not have a Daz sponsored render service? it would keep everything "in house", save many artists the financial pain (particularly with what happened with the former and current crypto craze) of needing a high VRAM GPU so rendering wouldn't be on the slow road, , and it would be another avenue for Daz to generate income. Sort of a "win-win-win" scenario.
Can someone please explain this to me, can anyone buy the rights to my art and anyones art? who do they buy the ntf from? who gains from letting other people steal my work???? is this a way to make it easier for art theives to steal art? like it is difficult now? can they steal ntf from any site? I just deleted my entire gallery from here, do I need to delete it from other places too, or can they only buy the ntf from sites like Daz? If this is what I think it is, anyone can come along, buy the rights to my work and claim credit for it and Daz are all for it..... Then I need to stop being a Dazoholic, go through some 10 step program and learn to love the other site.... If this is what I think it is then I have no respect left for Daz, I always say there is a special place in hell reserved for art thieves, and now it seams that Daz belongs to that lowlife part of humanity. Sorry, but art theives prevents me from sharing my art without a big fat watermark across it which pains me so much, more than I can say in words. The thieves are killing us artists and now it seams like Daz is helping them? Please answer me and explain this like you would to a child beacause I don't understand any of this, I'm to old for this kind of s....t-
Daz is not out to steal your art. NFTs on the other hand - I can't even understand the whole concept myself and therefore cannot explain it to you, but at least the NFTs here are art created by the people looking to sell them, not from any stolen artwork. Even if I'm highly disappointed in this decision by Daz (enough to almost be done with the place), I also highly doubt they are going to steal anyones art.
Thanks for the reply! I hope someone can explain this to me, but from what I have read so far it sounds like a way to make it easier to steal art. I hope I am wrong, because if I am right I need to stop shopping here and I really don't want that...
Well, it MAY very well make it easier to steal art, that I don't know, but I don't think Daz is going to do it or condone that sort of thing. However, I disagree with the entire dirty business of NFTs on their environmentally wasteful nature and because of the corruption and general shadiness surrounding the whole bitcoin thing and anything that has to do with it.
If this makes it easier to steal art and Daz is helping them somehow, and it sounds like it, then I will need to stop shoping here , follow the other site more closely and buy more there than here. I love Daz, atleast I did until now.... Art theft is the lowes of the lowest, and if this makes it easier to steal art then I want not part of it or the companies associated with it.
By the way, that's a dime, not a penny. But its not really either.
Its one tenth of an ETH.
Technical writer quirk. Having to repeatedly explain the metric system to people has made it a sore spot for me.
"Are you sure these dimensions are correct?"
Having to sit through a patronizing lecture as a reply.
"Ok, then I guess this screw is really four feet long, but weighs the same as the previous ones."
Oh, right. I don't know a dollar from an ETH or a penny from a dime. Good thing I'm not getting involved with this NFT stuff at all. I'm obviously unqualified!
No worries. It's just one of those things that catches my proofreading eye.
The part that should really make your brain hurt is that the difference between .1 ETH and .01 ETH is a hundred of dollars ($189 vs. $18).
..185$ would be a new 2 TB SSD for my content library to replace the HDD I currently have or a 48GB memory kit . Much more useful.
The very last thing NFTs are about is usefulness or supporting art. If you want an artwork then commission an artist. If you like their style then PM them and make an offer. The joke about NFTs is that you end up owning nothing other than the token itself that has no intrinsic or fixed value or physical object attached to it, other than the right to brag to others about owning said token. If George Carlin was still alive he'd have a 90 minute set just on NFTs, not this time on buy'n stuff you can't afford and don't need, but buy'n stuff you never even get to own. The epitome of stupidness.
The only info on the proceeds going to the charity that I can easily find is the nebulous statement: "Proceeds from the sales of Shudu NFTs will go to this powerful organization"
Exactly how much will go? They can donate a dollar in total and that would fall under "proceeds". It seems like they're trying to frame this ecological nightmare in something more palatable. I dislike when charities are mentioned/used, but not the actual details. When will the charity recieve their funds? Will it be in "hard" currency or crypto? Will the donating entity being taking the tax break for the donation?
The charity-touting concerns me as well. I'd much rather donate to the charity directly, especially when in this case, helping Diigitals is helping a white guy continue to accumulate wealth built with fake diversity.
In any case, everyone needs to put visual watermarks on all the art they care about, right through the middle, with your name or website. If you don’t have Photoshop, you can use free phone/tablet apps like Snapseed or PS Express to do it. Don’t stop showing your art, just protect it and it’s actually great marketing for you too!
If someone really wants to steal your art, the watermark isn't going to matter.
Just look at the artwork that was stolen from a DA artist, that applied a watermark, and used for a recent Magic the Gathering card.
I've also had Executive Assistants call me up and say "We have this picture and the boss wants to know if you can remove the watermark from it."
People think of watermarks as an inconvience barely understanding why its there.
...if they didn't obscure pretty much the entire piece I feel more people would use them. Stock photo services use ones that are not as "obtrusive" as the DA one but are still effective. As I mentioned imagine say the Mona Lisa with a big DA logo plastered over it, or a more subtle work where it actually obscures fine details for the viewer.
Here's the thing... If someone wants to make an NFT of your work, they are probably going to do it regardless of the watermark being there or not.
They will either remove the watermark or make the NFT image with the watermark on it. I could just see the sell text "The presence of the watermark proves it's authentic!"
Can someone please explain this to me, can anyone buy the rights to my art and anyones art? who do they buy the ntf from? who gains from letting other people steal my work???? is this a way to make it easier for art theives to steal art? like it is difficult now? can they steal ntf from any site? I just deleted my entire gallery from here, do I need to delete it from other places too, or can they only buy the ntf from sites like Daz? If this is what I think it is, anyone can come along, buy the rights to my work and claim credit for it and Daz are all for it..... Then I need to stop being a Dazoholic, go through some 10 step program and learn to love the other site.... If this is what I think it is then I have no respect left for Daz, I always say there is a special place in hell reserved for art thieves, and now it seams that Daz belongs to that lowlife part of humanity. Sorry, but art theives prevents me from sharing my art without a big fat watermark across it which pains me so much, more than I can say in words. The thieves are killing us artists and now it seams like Daz is helping them? Please answer me and explain this like you would to a child beacause I don't understand any of this, I'm to old for this kind of s....t-
From what I’ve heard from other sources is that only the original creator can create the NFT (unless they choose to do otherwise) and the buyer is basically getting an autographed copy, so it’s like buying a signed print with a limited amount of copies and purchasers can resell them just like collectors can resell art they purchased.. It does not give the buyer the right to make prints, t-shirts, etc... with the art unless you grant that option. This is what I was told in VR circles. I believe you get to choose what rights the buyers get and how many copies you want purchased. Also it’s expensive to create an NFT in the first place.
It's apparently not quite true that only the original creator can create an NFT.
Daz wants to explore other avenues of income, as they recently said. This isn't just about bringing new customers into thier traditional store setup. They really thought we would want to spend $200 on a GIF. To be fair, there are some people who are into that sort of thing. I would just be surprised if the Daz customer base had a lot of people like that.
...crikey I wouldn't spend 94.47$ (PC discount) on a new character Pro Bundle let alone 200$ on a GIF, Not sure if many others here would do the latter either.
I do agree with others fixing issues with existing content is more important. Also a better search engine for both the store and forums as well as a descent spell check function in the forums with custom and expandable dictionaries would be welcome. Getting a little weary of having to C&P to Word all the time.
NFTs have nothing to do with making stealing easier or harder, and for the most part making an NFT costs money up front.
True, but it does make it more tempting. While it does have an starting cost, the potencial earnings are too big.
And here comes another issue. Not being centraliced is what allows the stealing and scams, so one need a "middle man" to provide some kind of order. Daz decided it was OpenSea probably because is the biggest. But OpenSea does nothing to actually ensure transparency, it does not check origin or authenticity and the little efforts it has to look for potencial scams are in place AFTER the NFTs are placed on actuon or sold.
So not only DAZ is now promoting this new tech that has as much (or probably even more) potencial for harm than good; by deciding to not even investigate NFTs they are now exposing its userbase to a technology that is not safe for artits or buyers.
The only info on the proceeds going to the charity that I can easily find is the nebulous statement: "Proceeds from the sales of Shudu NFTs will go to this powerful organization"
Exactly how much will go? They can donate a dollar in total and that would fall under "proceeds". It seems like they're trying to frame this ecological nightmare in something more palatable. I dislike when charities are mentioned/used, but not the actual details. When will the charity recieve their funds? Will it be in "hard" currency or crypto? Will the donating entity being taking the tax break for the donation?
The charity-touting concerns me as well. I'd much rather donate to the charity directly, especially when in this case, helping Diigitals is helping a white guy continue to accumulate wealth built with fake diversity.
Big OOOOOOF, right there.
Daz... as the kiddos these days say, this isn't good optics at all.
Interesting, that the Daz Studio single items have droped in price by 50%. Which makes them cheaper now than the bundle, wich remains full price. Looks a bit like those items have a "shelf warmer syndrome"
What I'd like Daz to take away from this is that this will be the experience for most artists who list their NFTs. I don't know if they anticipated this, or how much they paid to mint that many versions of each piece, but if I as Random J. Content Creator had invested fees hoping to make a profit I would not be feeling great right now. Even if it's not a collapsing bubble, I don't know of any platform where you can upload art and immediately make a splash without getting wildly lucky.
The only info on the proceeds going to the charity that I can easily find is the nebulous statement: "Proceeds from the sales of Shudu NFTs will go to this powerful organization"
Exactly how much will go? They can donate a dollar in total and that would fall under "proceeds". It seems like they're trying to frame this ecological nightmare in something more palatable. I dislike when charities are mentioned/used, but not the actual details. When will the charity recieve their funds? Will it be in "hard" currency or crypto? Will the donating entity being taking the tax break for the donation?
The charity-touting concerns me as well. I'd much rather donate to the charity directly, especially when in this case, helping Diigitals is helping a white guy continue to accumulate wealth built with fake diversity.
I don't believe that's a fair representation. If you listen to his collaborators, they're more than cool with working with Cameron, and quite proud to be working on his projects. As a white dude, I don't feel it's my place to be indignant on their behalf.
In any case, everyone needs to put visual watermarks on all the art they care about, right through the middle, with your name or website. If you don’t have Photoshop, you can use free phone/tablet apps like Snapseed or PS Express to do it. Don’t stop showing your art, just protect it and it’s actually great marketing for you too!
I hate using watermarks like that but you do make a very valid point in using them to protect your art. I have photoshop and wasn't aware that you could add a copywright with it. Something to check out, thanks.
I can highly recommend uMark for watermarking, it makes it very easy and has lots of features like batch processing, not very expensive either:
Can someone please explain this to me, can anyone buy the rights to my art and anyones art? who do they buy the ntf from? who gains from letting other people steal my work???? is this a way to make it easier for art theives to steal art? like it is difficult now? can they steal ntf from any site? I just deleted my entire gallery from here, do I need to delete it from other places too, or can they only buy the ntf from sites like Daz? If this is what I think it is, anyone can come along, buy the rights to my work and claim credit for it and Daz are all for it..... Then I need to stop being a Dazoholic, go through some 10 step program and learn to love the other site.... If this is what I think it is then I have no respect left for Daz, I always say there is a special place in hell reserved for art thieves, and now it seams that Daz belongs to that lowlife part of humanity. Sorry, but art theives prevents me from sharing my art without a big fat watermark across it which pains me so much, more than I can say in words. The thieves are killing us artists and now it seams like Daz is helping them? Please answer me and explain this like you would to a child beacause I don't understand any of this, I'm to old for this kind of s....t-
From what I’ve heard from other sources is that only the original creator can create the NFT (unless they choose to do otherwise) and the buyer is basically getting an autographed copy, so it’s like buying a signed print with a limited amount of copies and purchasers can resell them just like collectors can resell art they purchased.. It does not give the buyer the right to make prints, t-shirts, etc... with the art unless you grant that option. This is what I was told in VR circles. I believe you get to choose what rights the buyers get and how many copies you want purchased. Also it’s expensive to create an NFT in the first place.
It's apparently not quite true that only the original creator can create an NFT.
"anyone can claim a digital photo or painting as their own by attaching a token to it, even if they didn't create it. And while all transactions on the blockchain are recorded publicly in an immutable digital ledger, there is no requirement that people attach their real names or identities to those transactions, which makes it much harder to get recourse if your work is stolen or compromised.
"Generally speaking, when you're trying to enforce any legal right, not just an IP right, you need to know who to enforce against," said Rebecca Silverhart,an intellectual property lawyer at Toronto-based law firm Heer Law. "The primary issue with blockchain is that many users are anonymous, if not all, or mostly everyone is anonymous, and so to be able to actually enforce against any right is very difficult.". This is what Daz is partnering with or what ever deal they have with them. Someone invented a new way to steal art. Obviously some artists will be able to sell their this way and that is good, but it is at the cost of other artists getting their art stolen and sold in a shiny new way! I can't sell my art as I make fanart but somehow the theives have no problems with that, and I am very scared that this will make more people steal my art. LEGALLY!
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Well, it MAY very well make it easier to steal art, that I don't know, but I don't think Daz is going to do it or condone that sort of thing. However, I disagree with the entire dirty business of NFTs on their environmentally wasteful nature and because of the corruption and general shadiness surrounding the whole bitcoin thing and anything that has to do with it.
Thanks for the reply, if they can steal those masterpieces from that gallery legally, then it is as bad as I think.
One tenth of an ETH doesn't seem to have the same value between different sellers. Why is that?
It was a hoax.
Thanks for the reply and for explaining it, I still don't quite understand unfortuntaly. But the: "But due to thevetting process at many sites, people who are not the owners are uploading those files and charging money for NFTs." doesn't make me less scared of this... The world is full of shady sites....
WHich of course never made it into the news here. Thanks for the link.
How do I multi quote on this forums?
That charity is a bit hypocritical. Given the carbon footprint of all that crypto stuff, including NFT's, its like cutting down the rain forest and with a few left-over timbers, you build a rescue boat for the young people, so they can have a bright future. What I really cannot understand is that in times where quite alot of companies really do invest in corporate social responisbility (CSR) (often just for "greenwashing", that's true), Daz is engagieg in the completely other direction. Crypto-something is as far from CSR as one can get, without leaving the solar system.
Sounds like they had good intentions, but they should have thought this all the way through, the world is full of a...s who wants to steal from other people so if it can be done they will....
ETH conversion rates change constantly, so I'm guessing that is what you are seeing reflected.
...if they didn't obscure pretty much the entire piece I feel more people would use them. Stock photo services use ones that are not as "obtrusive" as the DA one but are still effective. As I mentioned imagine say the Mona Lisa with a big DA logo plastered over it, or a more subtle work where it actually obscures fine details for the viewer.
If this makes it easier to steal art and Daz is helping them somehow, and it sounds like it, then I will need to stop shoping here , follow the other site more closely and buy more there than here. I love Daz, atleast I did until now.... Art theft is the lowes of the lowest, and if this makes it easier to steal art then I want not part of it or the companies associated with it.
There are also ways to invisibly mark your artwork. Apps like iWatermark (iPad/iPhone) can invisibly code picture metadata into the image. Since you own the original (unmarked) image, you can spot check what metadata was encoded into your art. Some of my customers use that method to identify from what web site their images were stolen, and when (the web site encodes the system time into the image when it is displayed). Using serbver logs, they can determine from wihich IP address that image was loaded.
..I am aware of that but the Daz EULA seems to get in the way as one would be sending raw meshes to a third party. This was also an issue when 3D printing services became available as well.
Why not have a Daz sponsored render service? it would keep everything "in house", save many artists the financial pain (particularly with what happened with the former and current crypto craze) of needing a high VRAM GPU so rendering wouldn't be on the slow road, , and it would be another avenue for Daz to generate income. Sort of a "win-win-win" scenario.
This article should hopefully explain a lot of the concerns, including the potential for art thievery - https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/30/tech/nft-hacking-theft-environment-concerns/index.html
No worries. It's just one of those things that catches my proofreading eye.
The part that should really make your brain hurt is that the difference between .1 ETH and .01 ETH is a hundred of dollars ($189 vs. $18).
...+1
Yeah, he'd have a field day with this one.
The charity-touting concerns me as well. I'd much rather donate to the charity directly, especially when in this case, helping Diigitals is helping a white guy continue to accumulate wealth built with fake diversity.
NFTs have nothing to do with making stealing easier or harder, and for the most part making an NFT costs money up front.
Here's the thing... If someone wants to make an NFT of your work, they are probably going to do it regardless of the watermark being there or not.
They will either remove the watermark or make the NFT image with the watermark on it. I could just see the sell text "The presence of the watermark proves it's authentic!"
The same people who would steal a person's art likely wouldn't think twice about stealing a different person's credit card info to pay for it.
tbf it was probably a "hoax"
"No I was just joking its just a prank, bro!"
but if they thought they could have actually made money selling them they absolutely would have.
also technically as all the art is in the public domain its not stealing. just disgustingly scummy.
...crikey I wouldn't spend 94.47$ (PC discount) on a new character Pro Bundle let alone 200$ on a GIF, Not sure if many others here would do the latter either.
I do agree with others fixing issues with existing content is more important. Also a better search engine for both the store and forums as well as a descent spell check function in the forums with custom and expandable dictionaries would be welcome. Getting a little weary of having to C&P to Word all the time.
True, but it does make it more tempting. While it does have an starting cost, the potencial earnings are too big.
And here comes another issue. Not being centraliced is what allows the stealing and scams, so one need a "middle man" to provide some kind of order. Daz decided it was OpenSea probably because is the biggest. But OpenSea does nothing to actually ensure transparency, it does not check origin or authenticity and the little efforts it has to look for potencial scams are in place AFTER the NFTs are placed on actuon or sold.
So not only DAZ is now promoting this new tech that has as much (or probably even more) potencial for harm than good; by deciding to not even investigate NFTs they are now exposing its userbase to a technology that is not safe for artits or buyers.
Big OOOOOOF, right there.
Daz... as the kiddos these days say, this isn't good optics at all.
I don't believe that's a fair representation. If you listen to his collaborators, they're more than cool with working with Cameron, and quite proud to be working on his projects. As a white dude, I don't feel it's my place to be indignant on their behalf.
The Diigitals Muses // Alexandrah
I can highly recommend uMark for watermarking, it makes it very easy and has lots of features like batch processing, not very expensive either:
https://www.uconomix.com/Products/uMark/Default.aspx#scroll_one
I guess we'll find out tomorrow if DAZ NFT was a hoax too?
From this article about this: https://edition.cnn.com/2021/03/30/tech/nft-hacking-theft-environment-concerns/index.html :
"anyone can claim a digital photo or painting as their own by attaching a token to it, even if they didn't create it. And while all transactions on the blockchain are recorded publicly in an immutable digital ledger, there is no requirement that people attach their real names or identities to those transactions, which makes it much harder to get recourse if your work is stolen or compromised.
"Generally speaking, when you're trying to enforce any legal right, not just an IP right, you need to know who to enforce against," said Rebecca Silverhart, an intellectual property lawyer at Toronto-based law firm Heer Law. "The primary issue with blockchain is that many users are anonymous, if not all, or mostly everyone is anonymous, and so to be able to actually enforce against any right is very difficult.". This is what Daz is partnering with or what ever deal they have with them. Someone invented a new way to steal art. Obviously some artists will be able to sell their this way and that is good, but it is at the cost of other artists getting their art stolen and sold in a shiny new way! I can't sell my art as I make fanart but somehow the theives have no problems with that, and I am very scared that this will make more people steal my art. LEGALLY!