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Are NFTs fuelling the theft of artists work?

by David Newhoff, The Illusion of More, 19 January 2022

David Newhoff, writer and copyright advocate examines the risk to artists intellectual property rights posed by the trade of NFTs, such as crypto group Spice DAO’s purchase of a rare copy of Frank Herbert’s Dune for €2.66 million. The group announced on January 15, its intent to make the work publicly available through numerous derivative works including NFTs, despite no rights purchases being included in their deal.

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