Everyone is wild about nonfungible tokens (NFTs). The first half of 2021 alone saw NFTs from Andy Warhol, NFTs of the code for the World Wide Web, the first-ever Tweet and, of course, the famous $69 million NFT sale of Beeple’s “Everydays.” Whether this explosive rise of NFTs is a flash in the pan or the future of art and beyond is a hot topic of conversation. An emerging theme … [Read more...] about Minting, distributing and selling NFTs must involve copyright law
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Alibaba’s NFT Marketplace Allows Content Creators to Copyright Work via Blockchain IP Service: Report
The Chinese multinational technology giant, Alibaba Group, has launched a non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace. According to regional reports, the Alibaba NFT platform not only provides customers with the ability to purchase and sell NFTs, but the marketplace also allows people to license and sell intellectual property (IP), as it is copyrighted by blockchain … [Read more...] about Alibaba’s NFT Marketplace Allows Content Creators to Copyright Work via Blockchain IP Service: Report
A cure for copyright ills? NFTs promise to empower creative economies
If you’ve had anything to do with digital arts, digital assets, or both, in the last few months, it has been virtually impossible to escape the barrage of news about how nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, are changing the game for creative industries. From Kings of Leon dropping their new album as an NFT to digital artist Beeple closing a Christie’s auction with an eye-popping price … [Read more...] about A cure for copyright ills? NFTs promise to empower creative economies
Italian copyright agency mints 4M NFTs, breast cancer LINK found, and more
Italian copyright collecting agency Società Italiana degli Autori ed Editori, SIAE, has minted more than four million NFTs on the Algorand blockchain to digitally represent the rights of more than 95,000 authors.The partnership between SIAE and Algorand started in 2019, with SIAE aiming to digitize its entire copyright database to help decentralize the management of the … [Read more...] about Italian copyright agency mints 4M NFTs, breast cancer LINK found, and more