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Isn't this what some NFTs tried to do in contract form, the minter would in perpetuity get a percentage of resales?

Sure, but once created, a painting isn't burning resources by just existing, nor is the provenance of a piece of art nor a contract.

But y'know what these crowds are like, one week it's "crypto gud. invest in me startup that uses NFTs or ERC-20 tokens to XYZ", the next it's "nobody here ever supported NFTs or crypto, I don't know what you're talking about". Selective memory abounds, throw around buzzwords like "rentseeking" like the company they dev SaaS for isn't doing that.

Oh, I'm not endorsing it, was just noting the similarity.

Yes, they didn't invent the concept. Not much has been innovated in that field...

What's up with the negativity? The fact that the contract is enforced automatically, the dues are paid irrevocably on every sale, and depending on the blockchain in a censorship resistant way seem like some innovation... Good luck getting paid your "droit de suite" once your painting is outside of the almost only jurisdiction where it *was* practiced.

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