Michael D. Murray, Author of A SHORT AND HAPPY GUIDE TO COPYRIGHT

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have made enormous waves in the art, music, entertainment, and collectibles world, but the backwash of this blockchain technology has inundated and overwhelmed many peoples’ understanding of intellectual property (IP) law in general and copyright law in particular when it comes to NFTs and blockchains. Artists and creatives who mint NFTs often have very different understandings and expectations from collectors and investors who purchase and use them when it comes to the copyrights associated with the content linked to an NFT. Art law attorneys may not have gone fully down the rabbit hole that is the current crypto community and future metaverse and are striving to become familiar with how a public ledger registration tool has turned digital assets, including digital artwork, into scarce and valuable investments. This guide seeks to educate each of these audiences and bring clarity to the issues of copyrights in the world of NFTs and blockchains.

Read more here: https://mckinneylaw.iu.edu/ilr/pdf/vol56p367.pdf