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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

On the occasion of the opening of a new store in NY, the well-known clothing brand created a collection of NFTs based on digital copies of works of famous artists such as Miró, Tàpies and Barceló, incorporating various outfits of the collection available at the store, to be displayed in the Decentraland Metaverse, at the coordinates 16.78

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Creative Commons and NFTs – is CC licensing compatible with the new technologies?

Kluwer Copyright Blog

This article provides a brief overview of the use of Creative Commons licensing in relation to NFTs based on the Creative Commons’ FAQ page linked above. With the exception of CC0, CC licences allow authors to keep their copyright whilst at the same time communicate which rights they reserve and which rights they waive for public benefit.

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Disney+ ‘Behind the Attraction’ Accused of Plagiarism

Plagiarism Today

Left is my original artwork from my video. All this raises a simple question: Did the series copy St Onge’s work? Onge and others who spotted the similarities, someone who worked on the series closely copied or even traced St. This leaves little doubt that, somewhere along the way, copied images made it into the show.

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The EU imperative to a free public domain: The case of Italian cultural heritage

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Image via Staatliche Museen, Berlin, Gemäldegalerie / Christoph Schmidt Public Domain Mark 1.0 In this context of international and EU legal obligations to protect cultural rights, the EU has set a legal imperative to protect the public domain.

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Generative AI and Copyright

IP and Legal Filings

The introduction and advancement of generative AI technology, which is capable of producing everything from research articles to realistic artworks, has brought a revolution in the field of creativity. This means that using the protected work requires prior consent from its creator.

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Which Type of Intellectual Property Protection Do I Need?

Art Law Journal

If I had to guess, I would estimate that at least half of the people reading this article don’t know why those two statements are wrong. Your Copy-Rights. For those looking to find copyright-free works to use, one rule of thumb is that any work created prior to 1924, no longer has copyright protection (in the public domain).

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WIPIP Session 8 (copyright)

43(B)log

President Ford couldn’t prevent others from copying bare historical facts. Karp agrees that (c) is not like land, which preexisted the public domain and was acquired and distributed by gov’t. (c) Q: Why are photos rejected less than artwork? Uses them to show what’s not protectable—no author may © ideas or facts.