It appears that NBA player Cole Anthony has joined the many victims whose wallets were compromised and items stolen. There is a running joke on Twitter, that the only thing Bored Ape owners love more than talking about themselves, is giving away their seed phrases. Criticism earned by how often Bored Apes are stolen inContinue reading “So Your Stuff Got Stolen: What Do You Do?”
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Brands Entering NFT Space: Mind Your P&Q’s With Your T&C’s
Nike made waves yesterday by announcing its acquisition of popular NFT brand RTFKT. This comes in the wake of RTFKT’s controversy regarding certain Terms and Conditions which seemed out of character at the time, but make total sense when put into the context of a pending major acquisition. With major brand acquisitions and partnerships, comesContinue reading “Brands Entering NFT Space: Mind Your P&Q’s With Your T&C’s”
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”
When (Wen) Class Actions?
I’ll keep repeating this until it becomes a reality: the law is coming to the wild west of NFTs. Copyright DCMA takedown notices have already started appearing and, as I predicted in my previous blog, securities regulations have caused one prominent project to be delisted from OpenSea (the largest secondary market for NFTs). What isContinue reading “When (Wen) Class Actions?”
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