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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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Tarantino Asks Court to Dismiss Miramax’s ‘Pulp Fiction’ NFT Lawsuit

TorrentFreak

The popularity of non-fungible tokens, NFTs for short, has reached new highs over the past year. “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. Last fall, Quentin Tarantino joined in as well.

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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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Creative Commons and NFTs – is CC licensing compatible with the new technologies?

Kluwer Copyright Blog

NFTs (non-fungible tokens) have become a buzzword in recent years. By purchasing an NFT one only purchases an actual digital token that normally contains a link to or a copy of a digital artwork. Another curious question arises when someone mints an NFT of a CC-licensed work.

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

The IPKat

A digital file (an artwork, a song, etc.), 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. Ether (USD 1+ million).

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

IP and Legal Filings

In today’s digital world, a lot of data and information have been shared online and are susceptible to corruption and copying. Due to the recurrent copyright difficulties, which have a significant impact on an individual’s business interest, it is imperative to preserve the ownership rights of digital works.

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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. Ownership of NFTs.

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