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Kluwer Copyright Blog
JUNE 19, 2023
Caveat Emptor The common notion that acquiring ownership of an NFT representing a work in which copyright subsists equates to owning the copyright to the underlying work is clearly false. Assignment The copyright owner may transfer the entirety of the copyright in the work to the purchaser by assignment.
TorrentFreak
JUNE 22, 2022
Movie studio Miramax, which owns most of the rights to the film, sees the plan as a contract breach and copyright infringement. “Miramax’s copyright claim fails because it misapprehends fundamental principles of copyright law and ignores the clear language of the agreements and assignments,” Tarantino’s lawyers write.
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The IPKat
JANUARY 18, 2023
In particular, it stands out a concept which is frequently neglected when NFTs are explained: the link to the image, i.e., the artwork, is not contained in the smart contract (the piece of software written in Solidity programming language which generates an NFT) but in a JSON file (“JavaScript Object Notation”) which contains the NFT’s metadata.
LexBlog IP
MARCH 18, 2022
NFTs can be based on three-dimensional items or artwork, or can be purely digital creations—for example, a collectable digital sneaker or a token used in a videogame. Most NFTs are protected under US Copyright Law as creative works and/or may be derivative works based on pre-existing copyright-protected works.
IP Tech Blog
MARCH 18, 2022
NFTs can be based on three-dimensional items or artwork, or can be purely digital creations—for example, a collectable digital sneaker or a token used in a videogame. Most NFTs are protected under US Copyright Law as creative works and/or may be derivative works based on pre-existing copyright-protected works.
Traverse Legal Blog
JANUARY 29, 2022
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. The NFT will link to what the owner is licensing: the actual digital work, the piece of artwork, the image, the video, the audio file, etc. BlockChains and Digital Assets.
Copyright Lately
MAY 6, 2022
Just don’t forget about real world copyright law. ? For that, you’d need an assignment or license from the owner of the underlying copyright. The same rule applies to digital artworks sold as NFTs. Want to Create New Derivative Works? Definitely. The warning signs were all there. (By
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