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bestape
January 29, 2022 at 3:26 am
It’s a novel tech so it’s not like Birkins was sitting on an opportunity for years. As much as I’m all for the artist, dilution is very interesting in the context of how fresh NFTs are for all of us. Thinking about adverse possession too.
liquidity
January 29, 2022 at 8:00 am
It is only about finding another idiot who pays more
Lucille Soriano
January 29, 2022 at 12:21 pm
I mean who will buy thosr meta birkins if it doesnt look like a birkin
Rayman
January 29, 2022 at 12:25 pm
The dream of decentralisation and Web 3 is a fantasy. Who wants to use a tokenised version of the internet which facilitates IP infringements.
mynameismatt2010
January 29, 2022 at 7:51 pm
There’s no way Hermès wins this.
An NFT is just the token on the blockchain. It isn’t the image or digital asset tied to the token.
Senylara
January 30, 2022 at 5:02 am
Copyright/trademark laws have always intrigued me