i don’t have an actual observation that i want to monetize, but just out of curiosity, i wonder if it would cause any problems if someone were to sell an NFT of one of their observations?

sometimes it’s not the image itself that’s valuable. sometimes it’s the whole package. for example, the “Gerald” observation’s photo probably isn’t worth much, but the observation might fetch a few bucks. or maybe the first post ever on iNaturalist might be worth something…

I don’t really see why someone would buy an NFT when the observation is free to view. Edit: Also, if the point is to be able to use the observation in a side project, there is no issue, since the only thing copyrighted is the image, not the identifications or observation fields.

dont those things have an ungodly massive carbon footprint?

Well, for most NFT purchases, it seems to be more a matter of prestige or investment than actual use of the “item”. Presumably, to effectively have an NFT for an iNat observation, it would need to not have previously had a CC license, since even issuing a new license, people could still use the olde…

[image] kuchipatchis: carbon footprint? it’s an important topic, but i think there can still be a proper use case for NFTs even after considering carbon footprint, just like it may take an airplane ride or long car trip or sea voyage to get a good photo / observation of a certain animal, but …

Hmmmm, I’m not sure if it would violate terms of service or not. I would guess technically not as long as the observation was all rights reserved? But there might be some downsides if, say, the purchaser of the NFT decided that they wanted to remove the observation from iNat. More broadly, I just g…

[image] cthawley: as long as the observation was all rights reserved? just to clarify, buying an NFT can but doesn’t necessarily convey copyright, royalties, or anything other than ownership of the NFT. the underlying asset often can change and may be used by the creator and others as they wo…

I think this kind of feature might encourage users to stress very rare lifeforms. They would try to get observations that bring good money and, as I know people, most couldn’t care less for the beings safety if money is involved. I can see people mass hiking through important breeding places etc. to…

It is not so much about the picture, or its content. Rather not on iNat. https://time.com/5947720/nft-art/

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zdanko March 27, 2021, 7:37pm 2

Doubtful, but why would they do that when they could just sell the image?

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