This blog is designed to give non-attorneys insight into NFT and Crypto topics from a fellow investor/collector who happens to also be an attorney specializing in intellectual property and complex commercial litigation.
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Copyright In the Age of Creative Commons
Recently, a large anonymous owner of CryptoPunks (known only by the name “punk4156”) made waves in the NFT world when a chunk of those Punks were put up for sale due to a dispute he/she had over Larva Labs’ handling of copyright issues. As an attorney, this issue is exceedingly interesting to me because generallyContinue reading “Copyright In the Age of Creative Commons”
The Difference Between a Smart Contract and a Traditional Contract
When you mint an NFT, you often have the option to mint from a website set up by the developers, or directly from the smart-contract. What may be confusing to people is the use of the term “smart-contract” and how that differs from our traditional understanding of contracts. Hopefully, if you were one of theContinue reading “The Difference Between a Smart Contract and a Traditional Contract”
The DAO Bros vs. The Dow Jones
I previously wrote about the legality of Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (“DAOs”) and stated then the subject was way too complex to discuss in a single article. After a recent twitter spaces discussion I had (which is hosted every Tuesday at 4:00 EST by one of my favorite artists and decentralization maxi CΞdΞrKing) I figured itContinue reading “The DAO Bros vs. The Dow Jones”
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