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“Well frens, it happened to me;” Actor’s Stolen NFTs Highlight Uncertainties for NFT Artwork

JD Supra Law

Let’s break down that mouthful: NFTs are a blockchain technology that creates indisputable ownership records that the art world has embraced as a way to buy and sell digital artwork. By: Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider Bored Apes” are a specific line of NFTs depicting original characters based on – you guessed it – bored.

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

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Introducing Article 14 of the Copyright in Digital Single Market Directive (CDSMD) , the EU legislator made it mandatory across the 27 Member States to ensure that faithful reproductions of visual artworks belonging to the public domain remain free to circulate and be used across the Union.

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

Kluwer Copyright Blog

More from our authors: International Cybersecurity and Privacy Law in Practice, Second Edition by Charlotte A. VEGAP has announced that it has appealed this judgment. We will have to keep an eye out for the second round. Who will be the next victor, the NFTs or the authors? Place your bets!

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AI and Fair Use: Navigating Legal Challenges in India and the United States

IIPRD

According to this case, the US Supreme Court ruled that although a copyrighted photograph might serve as a starting point for an artwork, its use cannot be considered fair use if it is not transformative enough and threatens the market for that work. Goldsmith (2023) [2].

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Open-Source AI-Generated Art Raises Concerns Amongst Artists

IPilogue

Rutkowski is not alone – more artists are beginning to see their artworks gain popularity with similar models and have raised copyright concerns. Others have raised concerns about data protection and privacy due to their artwork being either personal or linked closely to an existing person.

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Congratulations to Bonnie Hassanzadeh on Receiving the IP Osgoode David Vaver Medal for Excellence in Intellectual Property!

IPilogue

Vaver’s influence on intellectual property law, is an original piece of artwork created by Toronto-based artist,? D’Agostino on research around privacy rights in contract tracing amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. for his leadership in intellectual property as “a scholar and mentor”. . The medal, befitting of Prof. Aries Cheung.

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X Loses Battle to Protect Genshin Impact Leaker’s First Amendment Anonymity

TorrentFreak

asked the Court to assess whether Cognosphere’s copyright claim is “sufficient to satisfy any First Amendment free speech safeguards applicable to the anonymous speakers” before balancing Cognosphere’s need for discovery against the anonymous users’ privacy rights.

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