Kluwer Copyright Blog
JUNE 19, 2023
Specifically, a group called Spice DAO purchased an NFT displaying a copy of filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky’s ‘Dune’ for $3 million, assuming it would grant them the ability to produce derivative works, such as an animated Dune series.
TorrentFreak
AUGUST 20, 2021
They released ‘sizzle reels’ to market the cheat using Destiny 2 artwork and developed software to hook into copyrighted Destiny 2 code thereby producing an unlicensed derivate work. Bungie says the defendants infringed its rights in multiple ways.
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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. “The Film is a derivative work created from the Screenplay, not the other way around. For example, the early artwork featured iconic depictions of Samuel L.
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.
The IPKat
JUNE 27, 2022
created) on a permissionless blockchain (like Ethereum, Cardano o Solana) through a software called “smart contract” which is recorded on the blockchain itself. A digital file (an artwork, a song, etc.), NFTs – still subject to “old” IP law An NFT is a non-fungible (i.e. Yuga Labs, therefore, still owns the copyright in each NFT.
LexBlog IP
MAY 19, 2023
Upon failure to resolve the matter privately, AWF filed suit against Goldsmith, seeking a declaratory judgment that Warhol’s works did not infringe Goldsmith’s copyright in the original photograph, or, in the alternative, Warhol’s works constituted fair use of the subject photograph. [1] 1] See Andy Warhol Found.
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.
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