Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) are one of the most important topics in the crypto world. Some NFTs have been sold for millions of dollars. Despite the burgeoning size of this market, there is still a lot of debate around NFTs and their value. A big part of this is...
Fan art is, as a rule, generally not an example of plagiarism as long as the author of said fan art freely admits that they are not the original owner of the given intellectual property. If you properly attribute the copyright to its rightful owner, and if your...
We’ve all seen the headlines. Jack Dorsey, Twitter’s founder, sold an autographed tweet as an NFT for nearly $3 million. Popular artist Beeple auctioned off a JPG of his ‘everydays’ for $69 million as an NFT. What is going on here? NFTs amount...
In the United States, copyright laws take effect as soon as the artist creates the artwork. Suppose you’re a fan art illustrator who creates movie posters with original copyright characters. In that case, you should contact the original artist to avoid copyright...
Just like the movies they promote, posters are considered intellectual property in a visual form, and they are covered by copyright law. That means you are limited in how you would use them in videos or by creating similar images to promote your own entertainment...