NFTs, Creativity and the Law: Within and Beyond Copyright (Routledge Research in the Creative and Cultural Industries)

Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) have emerged as an important medium for the creation, sale and collection of art, with many major business and fashion houses creating their own NFT projects. This book investigates the eruption of NFT crypto art, and its impact on copyright law. Chapters address topics at the intersection between AI, smart contracts, data science, copyright law and arts administration. With snapshots of the ongoing heated debates around copyright law, the book investigates whether NFTs violate copyright and moral rights, the liability of NFTs platforms, impacts on ethical issues such as counterfeiting. The first book published on this emergent topic, this book offers a comprehensive overview of opportunities and challenges raised by NFTs to copyright law and, more generally, to the regulation and economics of the creative and cultural industries. The book is addressed to law and tech enthusiasts as well as academics, students, practitioners and policy makers interested in the intersection between copyright rules and new forms of technology. Cover Endosements Half Title Series Title Copyright Contents List of contributors Introduction I NFTs 101: non-fungible tokens and the blockchain may not be what you think II NFTs and copyright law: setting the scene III Non-fungible tokens and liability of online marketplaces: a European perspective IV Deploying blockchain technology in the copyright office V All roads lead to tokens – the impact of NFTs on galleries and museums VI The past and the future: cultural heritage rules meet NFTs VII Tokenizing attribution: NFT marketplaces and the enforcement of social norms of authenticity VIII Art in an age of non-fungible tokens: authenticity, value, and counterfeit IX Street art, graffiti and NFTs: copyright issues on the streets of Web3 X The new copyright frontiers – world-building and advanced technologies XI ‘If you don’t want something stolen, don’t put it on the Net’. Appropriation art from early net art to NFTs XII From exclusive ownership to zones of exclusivity XIII The emperor’s new collectibles XIV The banality of NFTs Epilogue Index