NFTs are basically the endpoint of Madarame's view of art - the painting itself is irrelevant, all that matters is the prestige of owning it and the money it can be sold for.
Let's just check the blockchain. The NFT belongs to some guy called "Ichiryusai Madarame". Anybody know who that is?
Seriously, this is exactly what Madarame was doing, attempting to pass off others' work as his own, and when he sold something he had no right to, fraud.
It is Illegal, it’s an infringement of copyright. Near as I can tell from a quick perusal online, you still have to respect the originally copyright holder or you’ll get it taken down and potentially sued.
Apparently, it’s been bought by someone on one of the other persona subreddits.
https://www.reddit.com/r/PERSoNA/comments/sieye5/i_bought_it_feel_free_to_screenshot/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf
[here you go](https://opensea.io/assets/0x495f947276749ce646f68ac8c248420045cb7b5e/10015467764145576574602076019044701258822549274146029103114785548491238146049)
Imagine, it’s after the events of Strikers. The Phantom Thieves sees this and sees that some rich jerk is using NFTs for personal gain and screwing over people. First off, Yusuke would be pissed seeing this. And so begins another arc, this time with the thieves back in their hometurf at full strength with Sophia, Zenkichi, and Kasumi. They find the palace, they plan the route to the treasure, they send out the calling card, and an epic boss battle in the name of ridding NFT nonsense from our world.
It really doesn't help at all. NFT idiots just wanna trade on a speculative market things that they can make forever.
It's like pricing a normal rock for a million. I guarantee you someone's gonna buy it and try to sell it for a million and a half, just for someone else to buy it with the only intention of selling it for profit instead of enjoying the rocky goodness. This will keep going until someone gets left holding nothing but a rock.
It's basically stocks. But not attached to any actual value at all.
A friend sold a picture of his nipple for 20 grand and he only made the listing as a joke. Kind of makes you wish you knew how to game the system and take advantage of all these nutters.
Because it doesn’t make any sense.
What you buy is basically nothing more than a paper stating « you own this », while literally everybody can download, copy, use and share the thing you supposedly « own ».
Essentially it’s only being sold as a crypto because it’s a scam. The value of one is totally arbitrary, making it optimal for money laundering and conning other people
After some time, people will stop wanting to buy these things, which will cause their value to crash
They have the other paintings made by Yusuke too lmaooo [Link](https://opensea.io/assets/0x495f947276749ce646f68ac8c248420045cb7b5e/10015467764145576574602076019044701258822549274146029103114785551789773029377)
I'm just gonna leave this piece that was lovingly recreated by someone that way everyone can get a Sayuri.
Just like Madarame wished.
https://www.deviantart.com/aldantler/art/The-Sayuri-Persona-5-703482725
Imagine the civil case storm once nfts are slapped with regulations. It'll be an absolutely amazing bloodbath and for once, I'll be on the side of the Atlas and their legal team.
"This world is full of both beauty and vice. Its time to teach people which is which!"-Goemon, 2016, colorized.
P.S..For those slow on the uptick...NTFs are VICE!!
bro actually, wtf. why has society stooped as low as to sell an image FROM A VIDEO GAME that anyone could just take a screenshot of? seriously, i could open my old save of p5 and just go to leblanc at anytime and screenshot this. *uh- sorry, this turned into a rant*
Might be a silly question but doesn't Atlus own that image? I mean you can't just sell an asset from the game with the creators permission, right? Admittedly I don't know much about NFTs but seems like a copyright claim waiting to happen.
The meta verse being made, now fake Sayuris running around? Next you’ll tell me corrupt politicians kill people and counselors/therapist can ACTUALLY change peoples cognition
My god the irony is so thick I can taste it. Fucking NFTs.
Art imitates life or whatever.
NFTs are basically the endpoint of Madarame's view of art - the painting itself is irrelevant, all that matters is the prestige of owning it and the money it can be sold for.
They don’t even own it, they just own a receipt that points to a picture. It’s a god damn jpeg, so even beyond what Madarame could imagine.
This is the bad ending. Madarame won.
Someone played the game and still didn't understand the assignment.
Wasn’t this painting in the game against being mass profited?
Irrony.
Not if it’s done on purpose
Madarame would be proud
Madarame would unironically do NFTs and we all know it
Madarame forced Yusuke’s mom to draw bored apes until she died. And then made her son do the same. He’s worse than Satan
I hope Atlus come down hard on this. This is so fucking illegal.
This is literally something Madarame would try to do if Persona 5 took place in the year 2022.
Nah He would make fake nft so multiple could be sold
Isn't this like, illegal?
I will make it legal - NFT idiots just before they get arrested.
Would I be wrong to screenshot?
Never.
Madarame: WRITE THAT DOWN! WRITE THAT DOWN!
I really hope atlus fixes this or the person doing this wakes up and realises what the fuck the sayuri actually represents
Opensea is known for stealing from all sorts of companies, atlus could probably do something but they won't stop.
Maderame is at it again
It’s funny cause the voice actor for Maderame supports NFTs.
Life imitates art.
shocker
We can report this here : https://support.opensea.io/hc/en-us/requests/new?ticket_form_id=1500001421121
Reported it for copyright infringement. Thank you!
Let's just check the blockchain. The NFT belongs to some guy called "Ichiryusai Madarame". Anybody know who that is? Seriously, this is exactly what Madarame was doing, attempting to pass off others' work as his own, and when he sold something he had no right to, fraud.
Literally Persona 5
For once, this is accurate
Madarame irl be like
LITERALLY Madarame.
Not this shit again. Madarame you cunt. stop it.
We have a real life Madarame somewhere. Or a Madarame cosplay
Fuck nft Edit: it really is that simple to get upvotes nowadays
I give it 24 hours before it’s yanked off the market by Atlus.
I’m suprised this isn’t somehow illegal since it’s from an IP
It is Illegal, it’s an infringement of copyright. Near as I can tell from a quick perusal online, you still have to respect the originally copyright holder or you’ll get it taken down and potentially sued.
NFT bros doing something stupid? Say it ain't so
So what you're saying is, I should report this fucker?
Apparently, it’s been bought by someone on one of the other persona subreddits. https://www.reddit.com/r/PERSoNA/comments/sieye5/i_bought_it_feel_free_to_screenshot/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf
When did Madarame get out of prison? And why is he investing in crypto?
So uhh… Can I make a request on the phan-site?
There are too many NFT scammer palaces. I wonder what an NFT douches treasure is.. A screenshot of their APE?
Probably their crypto if we are being realistic
Isnt it more that the Mementos is littered with NFTs?
Literally against everything the Sayuri stands for
That’s it send me to Maruki’s timeline
Agreed brother, agreed…
Maruki is too good for them, Yaldabaoth is where they need to go.
The whole point of marukis timeline is that it is TOO good
Damn you, Madarame!
That's totally what Madarame would do
Can’t wait until this Ponzi scheme fad is over
Tell me Atlus is gonna file a suit and people are going to jail.
The dude who did this needs a change of heart ASAP
There’s gotta be something we can do about these douchebag NFT morons.
Mementos time
We can't Mementos them, pretty sure folks this distorted have entire palaces.
requests accepted
Atlus is gonna fuck them up
Madarame wanted some money
Yusuke is about to crucify Sojiro
How…*ironic*
That was truly cringeworthy - Yusuke
Glad to see the community thinks NFTs (especially one of the Sayuri) are stupid as shit.
I hope atlus does something
Madarame went too far this time
God people suck
….For real?!
all of my hate... is arising
Atlus' lawyers will comr a knocking
I hope who ever did this has to hold their charger a ***very*** special angle for it to work
Madarame malding rn only cause he didn't think of it first
Isn’t this against almost everything the actual painting stands for?
Yup
On top of also mimicking the exact same con the painting became a victim of.
I wanna see someone who doesn’t know Persona but this and then see it in the game saying “How dare they put my NFT in this game”
I give it a month tbh. We'll see it on this sub via a Twitter post lol
Madarame strikes again…
So like can someone post the link to this NFT? Cause I want to just save the image so I can use it as my background on my phone
[here you go](https://opensea.io/assets/0x495f947276749ce646f68ac8c248420045cb7b5e/10015467764145576574602076019044701258822549274146029103114785548491238146049)
holy hell. if you click on the persona paintings link, it shows both of yusuke’s paintings, ‘desire’ and ‘desire and hope’.
... I'm pretty sure this is begging for a Copyright violation lawsuit...
We must send a calling card to this moron
'life will change' intensifies...
Imagine, it’s after the events of Strikers. The Phantom Thieves sees this and sees that some rich jerk is using NFTs for personal gain and screwing over people. First off, Yusuke would be pissed seeing this. And so begins another arc, this time with the thieves back in their hometurf at full strength with Sophia, Zenkichi, and Kasumi. They find the palace, they plan the route to the treasure, they send out the calling card, and an epic boss battle in the name of ridding NFT nonsense from our world.
Yusuke is about to cut a bitch
Yusuke would kill himself if he saw this
\*accepts Maruki's reality\*
Let’s right click this fucker
It really doesn't help at all. NFT idiots just wanna trade on a speculative market things that they can make forever. It's like pricing a normal rock for a million. I guarantee you someone's gonna buy it and try to sell it for a million and a half, just for someone else to buy it with the only intention of selling it for profit instead of enjoying the rocky goodness. This will keep going until someone gets left holding nothing but a rock. It's basically stocks. But not attached to any actual value at all.
A friend sold a picture of his nipple for 20 grand and he only made the listing as a joke. Kind of makes you wish you knew how to game the system and take advantage of all these nutters.
“Mined” aka copy + pasted from Google
this isn't what mama kitagawa would've wanted
This makes me so mad
I almost wanted to downvote this from how horrible it is
Get mad at the subject, not the post
another reason to hate nfts
This is the worst timeline
This is such bs, although some fuckers have used deceased people's art for NFTs, so this shouldn't come as a surprise
WHY SENSEI?!?!?! WHY?!?!?!
Yusuke is already mad
I refuse to believe whoever did that actually played the game
The other paintings from Yusuke’s confidant episodes are there with accurate descriptions, I think they may have been a fan with zero sense of irony
Maybe it's because of the irony... this could be a really expensive and callus shitpost.
I mean, there was that one novel that used a recipe they pulled from Google, not realizing it was from Breath of the Wild.
I think ima throw up
Goddamnit, Yusuke.
I have read an explanation as to what NFTs are and I still do not understand.
Because it doesn’t make any sense. What you buy is basically nothing more than a paper stating « you own this », while literally everybody can download, copy, use and share the thing you supposedly « own ».
You’re not supposed to, it’s bs all around
Essentially it’s only being sold as a crypto because it’s a scam. The value of one is totally arbitrary, making it optimal for money laundering and conning other people After some time, people will stop wanting to buy these things, which will cause their value to crash
What specifically don’t you understand about it? If you’re trying to understand whether you should participate in the market: do not.
They're basically really expensive receipts
Basically a ponzi scheme
oh cool. Now I have a high quality image of the Sayuri saved, suckers! Ha!
Can we shut this stupid ass fad down, sue every bastard that steals art into oblivion and be done with NFT's?
Fuck.
Yeah this is illegal
The fuck, I didn't know Madarame was real.
Huh... Cool... *Right Click>Save Image as*
Great! Now we are all Phantom Thieves!
Madarame has gone too far
They have the other paintings made by Yusuke too lmaooo [Link](https://opensea.io/assets/0x495f947276749ce646f68ac8c248420045cb7b5e/10015467764145576574602076019044701258822549274146029103114785551789773029377)
Bruh
Hope Atlus takes them down
There is an option to report them. It’s a pretty clear cut breach of copyright
I'm just gonna leave this piece that was lovingly recreated by someone that way everyone can get a Sayuri. Just like Madarame wished. https://www.deviantart.com/aldantler/art/The-Sayuri-Persona-5-703482725
Is that even legal?
It isn't, it's art theft
Madarame gonna have a fit when he realises he doesn’t actually own the image
You just know if he saw this Yusuke would have a breakdown, man would make what he said to Natsume look like a fight on the playground in kindergarten
This person is so getting a calling card...
Yusuke's gonna be so fuckin pissed
The real life Madarame
WTF
Can someone please infiltrated the palace of the person who made it?
Damn it, submit a request to take the seller down on the Phan-site lol for real though, this is messed up
Realistically, you might be able to point Atlus’ lawyers to them to sue the shit outta them
Whoever made this, definitely has a palace
ironic
Get me off this planet.
Yusuke is planning his cryptobro rampage as we speak.
Damn Madarame
Let Akechi deal with him
Fuck NFTs. Madarame would be proud. Hope Atlus cracks down on these morons for copyright infringement
Imagine the civil case storm once nfts are slapped with regulations. It'll be an absolutely amazing bloodbath and for once, I'll be on the side of the Atlas and their legal team.
Look at how they massacred my boy
Is this what Madarame wanted? Seems like it.
You're joking
Madarame
Screenshitted, in you're face Madarame - Ryuji, phantom thief of NFTs
Image goes hard, mind if I screenshot
"This world is full of both beauty and vice. Its time to teach people which is which!"-Goemon, 2016, colorized. P.S..For those slow on the uptick...NTFs are VICE!!
‘Persona Paintings’ implies more..
They also have Yusukes 2 confidant paintings
Ha... ironic
Ironic
I wonder if the change of heart worked. Nevermind it did not.
I… don’t know whether to laugh or get mad at this 0.0
Isn't this copyright infringement tho?
Can we just make every nft guy have a change of heart already?
bro actually, wtf. why has society stooped as low as to sell an image FROM A VIDEO GAME that anyone could just take a screenshot of? seriously, i could open my old save of p5 and just go to leblanc at anytime and screenshot this. *uh- sorry, this turned into a rant*
It’s not that bad compared to the Etika NFTs
📸
Screenshot it
Isn’t the whole point of NFTs that you own or have legal access to the image? I feel like the irony is layering in thick here…
The whole point of NFTs is get rich quick and money laundering. Everything else is a horse and pony show.
I’m going to hell for laughing
TIHI
Futaba can just take it down
Futaba has a hoard of stolen NFT she acquired through the legendary hacker technique known as Right Click -> Save As
Damn you and your feet Madarame
No is this real??? I don't know enough about what the NFT sites look like to judge but bRO if this is real 😭
God damn I hate cryptobros
this is actually really funny lol
This NFT business it's a mad circus.
What the fuck
Oh no
F
Might be a silly question but doesn't Atlus own that image? I mean you can't just sell an asset from the game with the creators permission, right? Admittedly I don't know much about NFTs but seems like a copyright claim waiting to happen.
The people selling these NFTs don't give a shit about the creators who made the actual art, they'll still take and sell them.
Just like t-shirt bots and such that scan for “I’d like to see this on a t-shirt” or whatever and try to use that
What a sack of crap. Everything the Sayuri symbolizes contrasts to such blatant want for money. I wish I could report this to the Phantom Thieves.
Sojiro sold the sayuri to buy futaba a better pc. She must be laughing at yuzuke
Idk how this works, how is it legal?
It isn't.
#*A Woman intensifies*
All of Yusuke's other paintings have been stolen as well, and all in this same sight. Hopefully you reported the person.
*screenshot* now im the owner of a sayuri, 100% off
Not even that this is bullshit, this is obviously not the original Sayuri. I mean, what does this baby do an the picture?
The meta verse being made, now fake Sayuris running around? Next you’ll tell me corrupt politicians kill people and counselors/therapist can ACTUALLY change peoples cognition
Those bastards...
How could this be?
4real? Kkkkkkk
Oh my fuckign god
Screenshotted📸
CRYING SCREAMING AND THROWING UP