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First duel between NFTs and copyright before the Spanish courts: NFTs 1 – Authors 0

Kluwer Copyright Blog

The rise in popularity of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) has attracted a great deal of attention from copyright practitioners and aficionados. Mango, in turn, sustained in its defence that (i) as the rightful owner of the physical Paintings, it was entitled to display them in public, and that (ii) the creation of digital works (i.e.

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A Brief Thematic Review of Non-Fungible Tokens and their Copyright

IP and Legal Filings

Following the 2012 revision to the copyrights Act, it was made clear that Internet activities were also covered by the copyright law. Parallel to this, Non-Fungible Tokens, often known as NFTs, have seen tremendous growth as more and more people enter the market.

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Journey Through “Januarys” on SpicyIP (2005 – Present)

SpicyIP

For more descriptive posts especially on Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) and copyright law, check Adarsh Ramanujan’s two-part post here and here and Awani Kelkar’s post here. Google, particularly looking into ‘consent’ and the moral rights of a performer. That’s all from my end. (By