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

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Copyrights safeguard the artists’ rights in the inventive and imaginative content that abounds in digital media. In today’s digital world, a lot of data and information have been shared online and are susceptible to corruption and copying. Image Sources : Gettyimages] One of the important issues in online is copyrights.

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Analysing the Intersection of Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies and Intellectual Property Rights

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Moreover, in 2012, the USPTO received several patent applications that contained the terms “cryptocurrency” and “blockchain”. The copyrights that subsist on an NFT are also governed with the help of a smart contract. In the NFT space, a buyer is granted ownership over a copy of a digital artifact.