say goodbye to most viral video, last day to watch. auction as NFT (non-fungible token) starts today

[Demovictory9]

https://www.newser.com/story/306451/most-viewed-viral-video-ever-to-be-yanked-made-into-nft.html?utm_source=part&utm_medium=uol&utm_campaign=rss_top

Say Goodbye to the Most Viral Video of All Time
14 years after enrapturing the world, 'Charlie Bit My Finger' will be yanked from YouTube, become NFT

Fourteen years ago to the day, two little boys made YouTube history as the stars of what would become the most viewed viral video of all time. Now, you've got just one more day to watch it on the platform, as it's about to join the world of non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, reports USA Today. That video is "Charlie Bit My Finger," uploaded on May 22, 2007, which showed 3-year-old Harry Davies-Carr holding his 1-year-old brother, Charlie, and sticking his finger in the baby's mouth—at which point Charlie chomps down and elicits the video's famous words from a distressed Harry, as Charlie smiles and giggles. Now, via CharlieBitMe.com, the Davis-Carr family announces that an auction will start at 10am ET on Saturday to sell the 55-second video as an NFT. The clip, which has more than 882,000,000 views on YouTube, will be yanked from the platform as of Sunday.

https://www.newser.com/story/306451/most-viewed-viral-video-ever-to-be-yanked-made-into-nft.html?utm_source=part&utm_medium=uol&utm_campaign=rss_top

[soothsayer]

1. Maybe just record it

[underpants]

2. Really?

That is the most watched viral video?

[Demovictory9]

12. i know! Would have thought it would have involved a cat.

[hunter]

3. An NFT doesn't necessarily have anything to do with copyright.

It's simply a digital "signature" on a digital document, photo, video, etc.., usually signed by the creator who is affirming "Yes, we will call this digital copy an original."

In this system any other copies will be recognized as copies, while ownership of the digital "original" can be transferred in much the same way bitcoins are transfered.

A bitcoin is just a number with some peculiar properties converted to a digital stream of ones and zeroes. A YouTube video is likewise a stream of ones and zeroes.

Creators of original content automatically have a copyright unless they explicitly have sold that copyright to another entity or given it up to the public domain. Copyright laws were established long before digital computing.

A creator can sell an NFT on an original work without changing the work's copyright status.

If the copyright holder demands YouTube take this video down it might actually decrease the value of the NFT.

The situation is analogous to inexpensive art prints as compared to signed and numbered lithographs hand made by the artist. If the artist sells thousands of inexpensive unsigned copies of an artwork, say for a calendar or museum gift shop print, this may increase the value of signed and numbered lithographs of the same image significantly.

[MissB]

4. I'm just going to pass on watching it

Nah. Never saw it.

[Solly Mack]

5. Really? That? Whatever world.

[hlthe2b]

6. Charlie "don't care"... Charlie's an aspiring sociopath... LOL

I never saw nor heard of this video and though mildly cute, can't believe this is the "most viral video."
What, did they ban animal videos at the time?

[Vinca]

7. NFT auctions might be the dumbest collectible yet. So you get the "first ever digital image"

blah, blah, blah. Who the hell cares? Anyone who ends up spending 6 figures (as predicted) on this stupid thing should have all their money confiscated and given to the poor.

[jimfields33]

10. An egg was the most retweeted in twitter history

Hard to explain what goes viral and what doesn’t. As far as the money from this video, I hope it goes to the college fund of these two.

[Talitha]

8. Well that's 55 seconds of my life I'll never get back...

Cute kids, but

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

9. Maybe it'll be available to the average person again, when it's donated ...

... to a public non-fungible museum. We could buy an admission ticket or become paying members.

But I continue to think that "non-fungible" is some kind of protection against athlete's foot.

Disclaimer: I am a stodgy old person. I have no investment in GameStop, BitCoin, Tesla.

[Fullduplexxx]

11. Meh.... never saw it

[Demovictory9]

13. me either

[ornotna]

14. We live in a weird world

The shit people will pay money for.

I passed, still haven't seen it.