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Art can't be stolen by NFTs, it can be stolen (for a slightly loose definition of steal, including copyright infringement and wire fraud) by people selling NFTs
by gpm 5y ago
Art can't be stolen by NFTs, it can be stolen (for a slightly loose definition of steal, including copyright infringement and wire fraud) by people selling NFTs though.
Openseas looks to be serving up the images, and according to that thread they aren't respecting DMCA requests ("apparently the only way to get them removed is by writing individual emails for each listing"), that's illegal, intentionally doing that is criminal. The people uploading the art without a license are breaking the law regardless of whether or not the site respects the DMCA. The people fraudulently representing themselves as the original artist when they aren't are breaking the law.
- politician 5y agoThat's a good clarification. My point is that there's nothing special happening here legally just because cryptocurrency is involved. It's illegal to distribute copyrighted content without appropriate licenses.
- gpm 5y agoI don't believe anyone ever said it was illegal because cryptocurrency is involved... Indeed this thread started with the comment "[...] Putting utter ridiculousness of NFTs aside [...] I'd also emphasize the fraud part more here, it's not just copyright infringement, it's lying about authorship for financial gain, that's a separate (and in my mind much more serious) crime.