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NFTs democratize music industry and redistribute song rights

EDM artist R3HAB and music community anotherblock are using NFTs to share song royalties with everyone involved in the process of launching a song -including fans.

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GameStop ‘Falling Man’ NFT saga shows people’s power at its finest

While GameStop faced the heat for insensitive NFT listing, OpenSea had the Falling Man NFT listed on its platform for over two months.

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Will intellectual property issues sidetrack NFT adoption?

In posting NFT artwork on social media, a new owner could be breaking intellectual property laws. A “wave of litigation has already begun.”

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Are expiring copyrights the next goldmine for NFTs?

Most people think of digital art when it comes to NFTs, but in the future, expiring copyrights could be preserved, refreshed and repurposed using nonfungible token technology.

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Dogecoin Foundation registers name and logos as trademarked within in the EU

The foundation took action to prevent, “attempts by people completely unaffiliated with Dogecoin to register” the names for reasons of fraud and extortion, according to board member Jens Wiechers.

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You shall not pass: Tolkien estate blocks ‘The Lord of the Rings’ JRR Token

The time of the JRR Token has come, but it wasn’t able to defeat the Tolkien Estate in a ruling that has forced the project to shut down and cease trading.

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We haven’t even begun to tap into the potential of NFTs

Nonfungible tokens will become a critical component of all brands’ marketing and digital strategy initiatives — and even more.

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Minting, distributing and selling NFTs must involve copyright law

Nonfungible tokens would be problematic without the validation and verification of copyright ownership in the NFT-minting process.

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African Digital Media Company Set to Hold NFT Auction Featuring Artwork by Kenyan Filmmaker Rich Allela

A Kenya-based digital media company, Picha Images, is reportedly set to hold one of the first non-fungible token (NFT) auctions in Africa. The auction event, which is set to be held between April 26 through May 3, 2021, will initially feature the works of Rich Allela, the award-winning photographer and filmmaker from Kenya. Perpetual Royalties […]

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A cure for copyright ills? NFTs promise to empower creative economies

NFTs are not an immediate solution to all IP rights issues, but eventually they can give creators more power than they ever had.

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