3 Count: NFT Repeat

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1: YouTuber Hit With 150 Copyright Claims For Reviews Featuring Anime Footage

First off today, Brian Ashcraft at Kotaku reports that YouTuber Mark Fitzpatrick, better known as Totally Not Mark, says that he does not know what is next after the anime studio Toei has filed copyright claims against some 150 of the videos on his channel.

Fitzpatrick’s videos includes reviews of manga and anime offerings and often makes use of the source material but in a limited capacity. According to Fitzpatrick, he ensures that himself and those that work for him follow both YouTube’s fair use policy and the various countries that they operate in.

According to Fitzpatrick, he’s been informed by YouTube that the claims were manual ones against his account and, as such, there is no recourse available to him. He claims that more than three years of his videos are gone and the main source of revenue for himself and his company has been removed.

2: Operation ‘IPTV Special’: 49 Pirate IPTV Resellers Fined €10,000 Each

Next up today, Andy Maxwell at Torrentfreak writes that, in Italy some 49 resellers of illegal IPTV services are being ordered to pay €10,000 ($11,320) in fines.

The operation began last year when Italian authorities shuttered a pirate IPTV provider and began going through the company’s records to examine both those responsible for the service and customers for it. Now, more than 70 people involved in the service are facing complaints and some 49 resellers are being ordered to pay fines.

In addition to hunting those responsible for the group, authorities are also parsing some 65,000 alleged customers of the organization to determine what, if any, steps are next for them.

3: PokerPaint Boss Brett Butz in New Copyright Theft Row over Artwork NFTs

Finally today, Andrew Burnett at PokerTube reports that the PokerPaint saga appears to be continuing as the company is offering a new line of NFTs, many of which feature copyright infringing issues.

PokerPaint came into the spotlight back in September when it offered for sale various painted prints of iconic images from the world of poker. However, the photographers of many of those images protested, saying that they did not give permission for their work to be used.

Now, just a few months later, PokerPaint is back in the spotlight for offering NFTs of some of that artwork and at least one photographer is claiming that it includes work he previously filed a cease and desist order on. PokerPaint has not responded to the allegations.

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