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First duel between NFTs and copyright before the Spanish courts: NFTs 1 – Authors 0

Kluwer Copyright Blog

The rise in popularity of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) has attracted a great deal of attention from copyright practitioners and aficionados. Basically, because an NFT is an encoded digital metadata file of a copy of a work that can be copyright protected. And why is that?

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Protection of Nonfungible Tokens in Nepal

IP and Legal Filings

NFTs, which stand for “ Non-Fungible Tokens ,” must first be understood in order to comprehend what “fungible” means. A commodity is said to be fungible in economics if it can be exchanged for another unit of the same commodity without losing any value. Conclusion.

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Ten things to know about NFTs

The IPKat

There has obviously been a considerable amount of excitement around non-fungible tokens (NFTs) over the last few years and some interesting developments in the last few months. The non-fungible part means that it is something that has unique value based on the buyer’s sentiment and/or market dynamics.

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Should Artists Make Money Off Future Sales of their Work? An Argument For and Against

IPilogue

An Artist Resale Right (ARR) allows the artist or the artist’s estate to profit or financially benefit from the sale of the artist’s work in secondary markets after the original sale. This situation is why artists around the world advocate for resale rights. As of May 2022, Canada does not have a policy towards ARR in place.

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NFT Lawyer: Legal Risks with ‘Non-Fungible Tokens’

Traverse Legal Blog

‘NFT’ stands for non-fungible token. NFT lawyer Enrico Schaefer covers the following topics in this informative article about non-fungible tokens. What is a Non-Fungible Token (NFT)? NFTs are tokens. Every bitcoin is the same and fungible and interchangeable.

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

IP and Legal Filings

In today’s digital world, a lot of data and information have been shared online and are susceptible to corruption and copying. Parallel to this, Non-Fungible Tokens, often known as NFTs, have seen tremendous growth as more and more people enter the market.

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NFTs: promisingly transformational, yet fraught with IP pitfalls – Part I

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Image by Tumisu via Pixabay Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are altering society’s notion of digital ‘ownership’ and redefining the common perspective on distribution of original works to consumers by introducing scarcity to the digital realm.