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Blurred Lines: How the Lack of Regulation of NFT Platforms Has Fueled Rampant Art Theft

IPilogue

Still, the straightforward process for creating non-fungible tokens (NFT) has accelerated the theft of digital art. Listing someone else’s artwork on an NFT marketplace is as simple as saving a copy of the work from an artist’s website or social media platform and uploading it onto a marketplace where it is minted into an NFT.

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U.S. Treasury Study Rejects Immediate Need for New Regulation of Art Market

LexBlog IP

AML/CFT regime related to beneficial ownership, real estate, and investment advisers and nonfinancial gatekeepers before turning its attention to the high-value art market.” ” [25] This is especially true on third-party sales websites (social media marketplaces, eBay, etc.), Auction Houses and Galleries.

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