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August Sander’s photographic archive in NFT copyright dispute

You wait months for an NFT case, and then two drop in the matter of days. First an English court confirmed that tokens are property (more on that when I get my hands on the decision), and now there is a fascinating copyright case taking place in Germany that could Read more…

By Andres Guadamuz, 3 weeksMay 10, 2022 ago
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NFTs could have a generative art copyright problem

Most of the writing about the legal issues surrounding NFTs has been rightly concentrated on two topics, what rights does the buyer acquire when purchasing a token, and the issue of copyright infringement. But I have been thinking for a while that perhaps one of the most interesting legal subjects Read more…

By Andres Guadamuz, 3 monthsFebruary 19, 2022 ago
NFTs

Platform is Law: The cautionary tale of stolen NFTs

It’s been another interesting day in the wilderness that is NFT-land. While many people (myself included) have spent a good part of the legal commentary on the NFT art market, the most valuable tokens can be found in collectibles, these usually take the shape of a stock character that is Read more…

By Andres Guadamuz, 7 monthsNovember 2, 2021 ago
NFTs

Ceci n’est pas une pipe: Adventures in NFT-land

This is the text of my presentation at this year’s Gikii Conference, expanding some of the themes and giving more detail. The slides can be found here.  Before I begin, I need to make a quick explanation of the title. The phrase comes from the painting by René Magritte “The Read more…

By Andres Guadamuz, 8 monthsSeptember 16, 2021 ago
Artificial intelligence

Blockchain World (A Fable)

Hi, I am Trovare, your personal AI assistant. Your AI-ssistant if you will. Hahaha. In compliance with the Turing Act 2027, I must inform you that I’m a fully automated sentient entity, if you would rather speak to a human one will be provided to you, but I must warn Read more…

By Andres Guadamuz, 9 monthsAugust 29, 2021 ago
Meme

Feels Good Man! Pepe, copyright, and NFTs

In 2005 artist Matt Furie created four cartoon characters for a cartoon called Boy’s Club: Andy, Brett, Landwolf, and Pepe. You’d be forgiven if you were not familiar with the first three, but if you’ve spent any time online in the last decade you’ll almost certainly have come across the Read more…

By Andres Guadamuz, 9 monthsAugust 19, 2021 ago
NFTs

Can Sir Tim Berners-Lee sell an NFT of the WWW code?

We live in strange times. People post selfies getting an injection. A football tournament is being played with half-empty stadiums. Sotheby’s is selling digital assets and sneakers, and it will be selling an NFT of some code by Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the creator of the World Wide Web. The auction Read more…

By Andres Guadamuz, 11 monthsJune 24, 2021 ago
NFTs

Creative Commons, commercial use, and NFTs

| Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Welcome to this week’s edition of “Weird NFT questions nobody had thought about before last month”. In this week’s edition, we have an interesting development in the interface between NFTs and Creative Commons licences. Read more…

By Andres Guadamuz, 1 yearMay 9, 2021 ago
Blockchain

A new twist in the NFT saga: Emily Ratajkowski re-appropriates Richard Prince

| Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | The digital ink has barely begun to dry from my previous forays into NFTs (first in the series here), but now we’re being presented with another interesting chapter in the NFT copyright saga, with Read more…

By Andres Guadamuz, 1 yearApril 24, 2021 ago
Blockchain

What do you buy when you buy an NFT?

| Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | On March 23, the technology sections of several news websites reported the same story. “Jack Dorsey’s first ever tweet sells for $2.9m” said the BBC. “Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey sells first tweet as an Read more…

By Andres Guadamuz, 1 yearMarch 28, 2021 ago

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