Beeple and NFTs: 60 Minutes+ reports on a new digital era for fine art

Laurie Segall of 60 Minutes+ speaks with Mike Winkelmann, the artist known as Beeple, who made history with a $69 million sale of a digital piece of artwork. See the story now, streaming only on Paramount+

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[robinwhite-gough]

Because of the economic crisis and the rate of unemployment now is the best time to invest and make money 💯

[stelios]

Bubble. is this guy saying that owning an original Picasso painting is the same as owning a bunch of pixels that cannot be distinguished between an original and a copy?!?!

[jonathanperry]

Also what's the use of owning it if there's already pictures of it all over the internet they just showed the whole thing on this program!

[jonathanperry]

He just contradicted himself. You have a Mickey Mantle rookie card? Who cares it's just a piece of cardboard. It's the emotional value. Well how's that different than owning a couple pixels?

[MacroLabD]

With NFTs you can give me money and have a proof of that action, which is awesome possibility, available worldwide.

[jjjooe]

Look at the face of his wife! I want to make mine so shockingly happy someday.

[pixelmartyr]

This is sham to make money. Now after watching this, millions of people are going to be rushing out to buy ether so they can establish an NFT for their digital artwork.

[brendacrawford]

WOW!!! I used t love ART!! Going back to it. Now!!!! Awesome job man !! Thanks FOR the knowledge 60 MINUTES!!!!

[willpgarrett]

I dont care if he worked 3 decades on this piece, it still is incredibly stupid his art sold for that much. How fukd up is our world?

[jonathanharris]

There has been ownership of digital art before NFTs. Just ask anyone who received a demand letter from a firm like Getty Images to pay for using an image that someone else owned on their website.

NFTs don't determine owneship; contracts and copyright laws do.

[raineeredman]

Very interesting, I am almost an artist ...I paint on canvas.
His work seems 1mpossible wow. Very cool

[lazylion]

it's funny cuz right now NFT's and crypto are crashing across the board, just a few weeks later

[margaretpeabody]

It's like pointillism on steroids. What a genius!!

[EveryCrazyDay]

Uhhh pretty sure only after a month the NFT market as dropped by nearly half the actual revenue. But sure it’s the next movement.

[willrose]

Tax write off and funny money. They aren't fooling anyone.

[cadillacjack]

20 years ago I was in art class learning about graffiti and graffiti artists. This guy is a joke. That's the future, the bigger troll you are, the more you are rewarded

[topwing]

Con man taking credit 🧿
No proof I just know
Be people

[SE-pkbr]

I did not comment to hustle anyone just get guided to do things unexpectedly and only for good tho😀

[pixelmartyr]

Welcome to the "sucker economy".

[MissFlowerette]

This is very stupid and very bad for the environment.