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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. Basically, because an NFT is an encoded digital metadata file of a copy of a work that can be copyright protected. And why is that?

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NFTs: promisingly transformational, yet fraught with IP pitfalls – Part I

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Image by Tumisu via Pixabay Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are altering society’s notion of digital ‘ownership’ and redefining the common perspective on distribution of original works to consumers by introducing scarcity to the digital realm.

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[Guest post] BAYC sues Ryder Ripps over unauthorized minting of NFTs

The IPKat

The only thing that an NFT can certify is that a specific non-fungible token, containing a specific digital file linked to it, has been created with a unique transaction (having its own timestamp) by an identified blockchain address (i.e. Yuga Labs, therefore, still owns the copyright in each NFT. Ether (USD 1+ million).

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Buying an NFT? You are not buying what you think.

Traverse Legal Blog

Today, we will be talking about NFT non-fungible token licensing. An NFT group called TheSpiceDAO bought a copy of the book “Dune” believing they had purchased more than just the book. This limited edition Dune book may be one of 10 copies of this hardback auctioned. The NFT bought the Dune book for 2.6

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

IP and Legal Filings

Such works of art benefit the creator, and they are protected by the law of intellectual property. In today’s digital world, a lot of data and information have been shared online and are susceptible to corruption and copying. NFTs give creative and artistic people a forum to digitally assess their creative work.

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Licensing NFTs: You Need to Know Who Owns What You’re Selling

Traverse Legal Blog

Today we are going to talk about NFTs or non-fungible tokens. If you’re selling a digital rendition of a piece of artwork, you will mint an NFT, which will then attach to that particular piece of digital art. You’re getting a license to use, copy and display this item.

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IP Protection of NFTs: A Comparative Look at the US and China

IP Tech Blog

The emergence of blockchain-supported Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) has captured the interest of the entertainment and business worlds in the past couple of years. The purpose of copyrights is to protect creative works, including writings, from infringement. It starts with the Chinese translation of Non-Fungible Tokens.

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