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[Guest post] Can the owner of an artistic work convert it into an NFT for its use in the Metaverse?

The IPKat

Now, a further development on IP and NFTs comes from Spain, as Katfriend Mercedes Morán Ruiz (CEDRO) reports: Can the owner of an artistic work convert it into an NFT for its use in the Metaverse? Moreover, it seems that MANGO also transformed the original works, including new elements on them, and displayed the output on OpenSea.

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Copyright Protection of Modern Art

IP and Legal Filings

What Constitutes Art. Any creative works are under the purview of copyright law, according to WIPO. These creations are regarded as artistic. As a result, visual arts including paintings, sculptures, literary works, as well as video, plays, and music, are regarded to be works of art. Copyrighting Art.

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When Doors Close, A Market Grows: Museums, COVID-19, and Cultural Digitisation

IPilogue

Toronto museums are not alone, although perhaps their struggles are more drawn-out; museums and art galleries in the U.K. In 2020, visitor figures for the world’s top 100 art museums dropped by 77%. New York art attorney Amelia K. However, many of the masterpieces housed by museums are in the public domain.

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Oh Dear, Piglet, They Kept My Shirt!

IPilogue

While many were observing the new year, intellectual property scholars and the artistic community were celebrating Public Domain Day. The previously copyrighted works enter the public domain, free to use and copy. public domain. where the work was still protected by copyright.

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Free Mickey? (Don’t Be Goofy)

LexBlog IP

Freed from the shackles of copyright, Walt Disney’s iconic rodent was now in the public domain and, therefore, available for everyone to copy. It is no surprise that the legalities of the public domain are more complicated than the headlines suggest. But not so fast.

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How A Century-Old Insight of Photography Can Inform Legal Questions of AI-Generated Artwork (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

A new breed of artists is using generative artificial intelligence tools like DALL·E, Midjourney, Firefly, and ChatGPT to create artistic works. Do these creations belong to the artists or the public domain? Visual art is made by harnessing and curating forces outside our control.

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First preliminary injunction issued by a court in Turkey regarding NFTs

The IPKat

Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), ranging from art and literature to fashion and cinema, remain among the hottest legal topics in the world of intangible rights, despite the lack of clear legal regulation. Picture in middle is entited "A ship in need in a raging storm, by Willem van de Velde II, and is in the public domain.