NFTs, Creativity and the Law
Within and Beyond Copyright
1st Edition
Will be published approx. on 26. December 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
274 pages
978-1-032-49796-9 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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.
Reviews / Votes
"From a niche artist sub-culture, NFTs surged into the mainstream, drawing major businesses and fashion houses into their own projects, particularly in crypto art, creating a multi-billion-dollar market. This book serves as an essential guide to the NFT phenomenon, exploring its broader implications for creativity and cultural access. Delving into NFTs' profound influence on copyright systems and markets, the book expertly navigates the ongoing debate, issuing a persuasive call to policymakers for a fundamental reconsideration of copyright laws in the dynamic digital landscape." Ellen Loots, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands.More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Postgraduate
Illustrations
6 s/w Zeichnungen, 5 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder, 11 s/w Abbildungen
6 Line drawings, black and white; 5 Halftones, black and white; 11 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
450 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-032-49796-9 (9781032497969)
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06/2024
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06/2024
1st Edition
Routledge
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Persons
Enrico Bonadio is Reader in Intellectual Property Law at City University of London, UK.
Caterina Sganga is Associate Professor of Comparative Private Law at Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy.
Caterina Sganga is Associate Professor of Comparative Private Law at Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy.
Content
Introduction Enrico Bonadio, Caterina Sganga 1. NFTs 101: Non-Fungible Tokens and the blockchain may not be what you think Eduardo Alonso, Esther Mondragon 2. NFTs and Copyright: Setting the Scene Caterina Sganga, Enrico Bonadio, Magali Contardi, Marie Clopterop 3. Non-fungible Tokens and Liability of Online Marketplaces: a European Perspective Zoi Krokida 4. Deploying Blockchain Technology in the Copyright Office Peter K Yu 5. All Roads Lead to Tokens - The Impact of NFTs on Galleries and Museums Peter Mezei, Ioanna Lapatoura 6. The Past and the Future: Cultural Heritage Rules Meet NFTs Cristiana Sappa 7. Tokenizing Attribution: NFT Marketplaces and the Enforcement of Social Norms of Authenticity Antoni Rubi-Puig 8. Art in an Age of Non-Fungible Tokens: Authenticity, Value, and Counterfeit Giancarlo Frosio, Anthony O'Dwyer 9. Street Art, Graffiti and NFTs: Copyright Issues on the Streets of Web3 Enrico Bonadio, Siri-Helen Egeland 10. The New Copyright Frontiers - World-Building and Advanced Technologies Alana Kushnir 11. "If You Don't Want Something Stolen, Don't Put It on The Net". Appropriation Art from Early Net Art to NFTs Domenico Quaranta 12. From Exclusive Ownership to Zones of Exclusivity Martin Zeilinger 13. The Emperor's New Collectibles Balazs Bodo, Joost Poort 14. The Banality of NFTs Patrick Goold Epilogue Andres Guadamuz