Bhaboo’s Looking Outwards – Week 11

For this weeks looking outwards, I really enjoyed looking into the societal impacts that digital art has has on our world. It was interesting to see that there are so many possible issues that can arise when it comes to digital art. I decided to look into NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, and how copyright affects them. We all hear about copyright all around us, especially with the rise of brands and products that want to differentiate themselves. However, I didn’t really know that there were copyright implications with NFT’s. Since NFT’s are based around artwork, it’s essential to hold rights to the art. It was interesting to see how auction sites that host NFT’s are starting to create “DMCA” processes for removing these unauthorized NFT’s. I’m glad to see that there are processes in place to protect people’s hard work.

Link: https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2021/03/16/nfts-and-copyright/