| Tittel: | Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and copyright | | Ansvar: | Andres Guadamuz | | Forfatter: | Guadamuz, Andres  | | Materialtype: | Artikkel - elektronisk | | Signatur: | WIPO Magazine | | Utgitt: | Geneva : WIPO, 2021 | | Omfang: | S. 32-37 | | ISBN/ISSN: | 1564-7854 | | Serie: | WIPO Magazine ; 4/2021 | | Emneord: | Copyright / Kunst / Teknologi | | Note: | Open access Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) | | Innhold: | Shots, “unique” NFTs of NBA moments, the value of which has exploded. An NFT of a collage of works by digital artist Beeple was auctioned at Christie’s and sold to another crypto entrepreneur for the eye-watering sum of almost USD 70 million. Old memes have been selling at auction as well, with the famous meme of Nyan Cat, an animated colourful cat whose body is in the shape of a pop tart, selling for 300 ETH (the cryptocurrency generated by the Ethereum protocol), over USD 1 million at the time of writing. Musician Grimes has also reportedly sold over USD 6 million worth of digital artworks.
What is going on? What are NFTs? And what does copyright have to do with it?
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Kryptovaluta | | Del av verk: | WIPO Magazine 4/2021 |
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