Bonsai Nut
Nuttier than your average Nut
It absolutely works. It is almost impossible to intellectually protect anything that comes into my house. If it displays on my screen, I can grab the pixels. I can edit the data stream. If encrypted, I can decrypt it, and reproduce a decrypted copy. If all you want is a perfect electronic copy - I can provide it for you. Just not the NFT - because it is maintained in a distributed network outside of my reach.(And of course, the uneducated will say "right click save", but if you're in the space at all, you know that doesn't work)
And your argument is invalid when you say "it is electronically perfect from day 1" and "would you like to own the first copy... or the 1,000th"? Only a complete newb would pay a premium for an electronically identical copy of something - just because it is a lower copy. Wow - my copy of Windows 10 is the 1st electronic copy... but yours is the 1000th... loser! But I'm not a newb so I don't know
The downside? The downside is that an NFT that provides no value is a hassle... in the same way that remembering different passwords for different sites is a hassle. In the same way that having different USB cords for different devices is a hassle. And the beauty of having a Stacy Allen Muse original is that you own the original that is framed on your wall. You don't own a limited electronic copy that you get to view on your cell phone.
Just my opinion. I know there are people making a ton of money swapping electronic baseball cards that they will never physically hold. Then again, someone once paid me $400 for a manastone on Everquest... a game that for all intents and purposes has been dead for years now. $400 was a lot of money in 2001. It's a lot of money today. A fool and his money...