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Indeed, NFTs don't work with copyright. There's no guarantee that the seller owns legal rights to the artwork, and you can't override copyright with blockchain
by pornel 5y ago
Indeed, NFTs don't work with copyright. There's no guarantee that the seller owns legal rights to the artwork, and you can't override copyright with blockchain woo.
It's perfectly possible to end up owning a token without any right to use the artwork it claims to represent. So this isn't really a solution to unclear property rights, because buyer and seller can't even agree to ignore copyright. The real copyright owner can send authorities after them, so artwork purchases have to stay in the realm of real contracts and copyright. This reduces NFT to a convoluted payment method.
And if anyone is happy to own just the token, without any legal right to display or use the image it points to, they can drop the whole pretense that it's about art, and admit it's just a gambling chip.