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NFT Copyright License Rights: Due Diligence is Critical.

Traverse Legal Blog

Copyright Licensing of Digital Assets Attached to NFT Sales. Bonus: Free Open Source Copyright License for NFT sales below]. What are the terms by which you are selling the NFT and licensing your work, the art you put into the platform that’s going to be attached to the NFT? NFT Copyright Licensing.

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

Kluwer Copyright Blog

The ‘ Dune’ scenario is a well-known ‘tale of crypto folly’ featuring NFT purchasers who failed to exercise appropriate due diligence in determining what rights are granted when procuring an NFT. Copyright that is transferred upon selling an NFT may explicitly be outlined in the self-executing smart contract governing the sale.

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Fatal Mistakes Made By The ‘Bored Ape Yacht Club’ & ‘Crypto Punks’ NFT Projects

Traverse Legal Blog

In this video, we will also examine the legal strategies each project got right on trademark registration and copyright licensing. Your trademark identifies your company as the source of goods and services related to your NFTs and digital assets (the pictures linked to your NFT smart contracts). Due diligence is critical.

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Digital collections from GLAM institutions: Policy Paper

Kluwer Copyright Blog

use of indigenous content, model contracts and/or national laws on limitations and exceptions). Facilitate effective collective licensing of rights, including where possible, through extended collective licensing systems. archival fonds shall not be subject to the same remuneration as unique artworks, as advocated by scholars ).

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How to Avoid Pitfalls on the Way to Decentralized Disney

Copyright Lately

NFTs were minted Money was advanced The underlying contracts Never got a glance Dreams of exploitation From Florida to France But no rights were acquired The kids don’t stand a chance. — “The Kids Don’t Stand a Chance, Aaron’s Version” ( with apologies to Vampire Weekend ). You Should Probably Read The License.

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NFT Lawyer: Legal Risks with ‘Non-Fungible Tokens’

Traverse Legal Blog

The underlying digital asset is copyright protected and licensed to the buyer of the NFT. Should you hire a lawyer to work with you if you are selling or buying an NFT and licensing the associated digital art? A non-fungible token allows you to put a smart contract onto the blockchain that is unique unto itself. NFTs are tokens.