Blockchain and Law
Resources focusing on the legal aspects of blockchain, including copyright.
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| Resource | Summary | Tags | Type | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
A Proposed Artist’s Contract for NFTs by Yayoi Shionoiri and Ryan Su | A article that also offers a template contract for sales of NFTs | LegalNewsNFTsIP | Article | |
Bored Ape Yacht Club’s Yuga Labs Acquires CryptoPunks IP From Larva Labs, by Guillermo Jimenez, Decrypt (March 2022) | Yuga Labs has bought the rights to CryptoPunks, and its granting Punk holders full commercial license. | NewsIP | Article | |
Bored Apes’ Generous Copyright Approach Besting Stricter CryptoPunks by Brady Dale, The Defiant (December 2021) | Article discussing the IP rights to BAYC and whether this has contributed to the success of the project | IPNFTsNewsLegal | Article | |
Buying the Constitution: The rise of DAOs in legal by Josepth Raczynski, Thomson Reuters (November 2021) | Could Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) become the model for future business structures and transform the legal industry in the process? | DAOsLegalNews | Article | |
ClubNFT | ClubNFT is building the next generation of solutions to empower collectors and protect their NFTs. | Security | ||
Copyminter | a website that provides tools to examine if an NFT has been copyminted | SecurityIPNFTsArtworkNews | Website | |
Copyright and Digital Cultural Heritage:
What Copyright Protects and
Protection Criteria by Ronan Deazley (April 2017) | Paper delineating the difference between copyright and ownership in the context of cultural heritage (UK focused) | IPLegal | Paper | |
Digital Art, Blockchainization and NFT: Legal Analysis by Olga Simson, V-Art, (March 2021) | Article discussing the legal implications of NFTs | LegalNFTsBackground | Article | |
Episode XII: NFTs: Art After Copyright? By Primavera De Filippi & Maria Riivari, Flash Art, (February 2022) | Article on copyright and NFTs, arguing that NFTs are not in fact a source of copyright infringement because the work is not stored within the NFT. They propose that hashes could be covered through copyright law to cover NFTs | LegalNFTsBackgroundCriticism | Article | |
Instagram is Adding NFTs soon, say Mark Zuckerberg, by Jesse Coghlan, Cointelegraph (March 2022) | News that Instagram will provide a means to tokenise images on the platform | NewsNFTsIP | Article | |
Phishing for NFT Protection by Nate Nelson Right Click Save (March 2022) | Article discussing NFT phishing and scams and some practical advice on how to stay alert on scams | SecurityNFTsNewsGetting Started | Article | |
Punks and Sellouts by Mitchell Chan, Outland (March 2022) | Article critically reflecting on recent sale of CryptoPunks and Meebits to Yuga Labs, and with it the shift to allowing owners to make derivatives of their NFTs | CriticismNFTsNewsIP | Article | |
Scams and Fraud News on Opensea by LAL Advisory | News on recent scams found on the Opensea platform | NewsNFTsSecurity | Platform | |
SEC Targets NFT Creators, Marketplaces Over ICO-Like Sales: Report by Jeff Benson, Decrypt (March 2022) | Article on the recent report by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on their targeting NFTs as securities | SecurityNFTsNewsIP | Article | |
Smart Contracts Aren’t, and other legal issues in blockchain and art Erika Knierim, Sarah Odenkirk and Charlotte Kent, Brooyln Rail, (January 2022) | A discussion on what smart contracts are, and what they do not cover | LegalNFTsCollectingValue | Video | |
The Gray Market: How a Brazen Hack of That $69 Million Beeple Revealed the True Vulnerability of the NFT Market (and Other Insights) by Tim Schneider, Artnet (April 2022) | Article on the practice of sleepminting and how this might challenge the value preposition of the NFT | NewsNFTsSecurityIP | Article | |
Theft and Fraud Are Rampant in the ‘Wild West’ of NFTs. Here’s How Artists and Buyers Can Protect Themselves, by Vivienne Chow, Artnews (March 2022) | Very useful tools to protect your institution and yourself against theft and fraud. | NewsSecurity | Article | |
Time to Secure your Crypto Wallet by LaL Advisory | Practical advice on how to secure you wallet and keep your NFTs safe | NewsNFTsSecurity | Platform | |
Twitter’s New NFT Verification Tool Does Not Confirm Authenticity by Morgan Chittum, Blockworks (January 2022) | Twitter recently provided a verifying tool to help identify users’ profile pictures as NFTs but spokesman notes that it can only verify ownership, not if the work is authentic | NewsNFTsLegal | Article | |
US Justice Dept. Charges 2 in NFT ‘Rug Pull’ Scheme by Danny Nelson, CoinDesk (March 2022) | News that two people have been charged for money laundering for an NFT rug pull/scam known as the ‘Frosties’ NFT project | NewsNFTsLegal | Article | |
What Do You Buy When You Buy an NFT? by Tomio Geron & Benjamin Pimentel, Protocol (December 2021) | Article discussing the nuance to IP and NFTs in common pfp projects | NFTsLegalIPNews | Article | |
What You Need to Know About NFTs and Taxes by Alex Roytenberg, Right Click Save (March 2022) | Article discussing the basics on collecting NFTs and trading crypto and how it is subject to US tax | NewsNFTsCollectingLegal | Article | |
When a Museum Buys an NFT: Legal challenges and considerations by Schoenherr | Article on collecting NFTs/ acquisition and the issues of the separate linked file | LegalCollectingNFTsGetting Started | Article | |
Where Are Your NFTs by Nate Nelson, Right Click Save, (February 2022) | Discussion on IPFS (storage) and NFTs | NFTsGetting StartedBackgroundLegalNews | Article | |
‘Only 1 in 10 NFT Owners Have Never Experienced a Scam’ by Michael Guta Small Business Trends (March 2022) | Article on the new survey from PrivacyHQ
that reveals 90% or nine out of 10 respondents experienced an NFT scam. | SecurityNFTsNews | Article |