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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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(c), TM, and other claims from busted partnership to sell colored copper fixtures

43(B)log

Though the parties went forward, “they never signed a formal written document memorializing and defining the nature of their business relationship.” Chiusa also has a registration for a brochure, stating that he created “text, photograph(s), [and] artwork on p.1” Reminds me of the recent Twitter meme: terrify your lawyer in five words.

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Is HitPiece the Fyre Festival of NFT Startups?

Copyright Lately

From an archived copy of HitPiece’s FAQ. People probably aren’t aware, but Spotify just as an example, has been involved in dozens and dozens of rights disagreements with rightsholders, be it on not only songwriting but also the master rights and even also artwork rights.

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Protection of Nonfungible Tokens in Indonesia

IP and Legal Filings

NFT creation, investment, sale, and ownership interest exists in Indonesia and elsewhere in the world. Additionally, pursuant to Article 25 of the ITE Law, electronic information and electronic documents formed into an intellectual work, internet site or intellectual work contained therein are protected by intellectual property rights.

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[Guest post] Litigation commenced against the developers of AI image generation software

The IPKat

While at this stage the particulars of Getty’s claim are unavailable, their press release states that Stability AI “unlawfully copied and processed millions of images protected by copyright and the associated metadata owned or represented by Getty Images”. temporary copy which is; 2. transient or incidental; 3.

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Generative AI, Copyright and the AI Act

Kluwer Copyright Blog

As currently worded, the transparency obligation to “document and make publicly available a summary of the use of training data protected under copyright law” is impossible to comply with. There is room for improvement on both. There is disagreement among commentators whether this is a desirable development.

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Miramax, Tarantino and a Fight Over Bright Shiny Objects

Copyright Lately

Fundamentally, an NFT is just a transactional record and a link to a digital asset (often an image of artwork or a document) stored somewhere on the web. Again, NFTs are just an ownership record and a link to content. A used copy will set you back $1.09; for reasons unknown, a new copy is going for $113.03—In

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