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Building communities and ensuring NFT success: Insights for artists

Building communities has become more crucial than ever in today’s rapidly changing art space, especially with the rise of NFTs. The importance of building communities cannot be underestimated in the rapidly changing art world, driven by technology and the explosion of nonfungible tokens (NFTs) in the last two years. An audience is a social media following, but a community is a group of people working toward a common goal. Art market economist and academic Magnus Resch has extensively researched the importance of communities and networks for artists. Resch holds a Ph.D. in economics and has studied at the University of St. Gallen, the London School of Economics and Harvard. In addition to lecturing at Yale, he has produced several publications about the economics of the art world. He has appeared in academic journals and major publications like The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and Vanity Fair. Resch recently spoke to Cointelegraph about his latest book, How to Create and Sel...

Yuga Labs accused of IP theft for trademarking BAYC wolf skull logo

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NFTs were introduced to the world to help solve the illegal use of intellectual property and protect artists — the very thing Yuga Labs has been accused of doing. The iconic wolf skull logo of Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC), Yuga Labs’ premier nonfungible token (NFT) collection, was allegedly illegally trademarked without proper licenses. The image was originally released by a company specializing in drawing tutorials for children and beginners. NFTs were introduced to the world to help solve the illegal use of intellectual properties and protect Artists — the very problem Yuga Labs has been accused of doing. Crypto Twitter member and NFT artist @Jdotcolombo came across a post from April 5, 2021, in which Easy Drawing Guides advertised “an easy step-by-step drawing tutorial” for a wolf skull . Website showing time stamp of the art's release. Source: EasyDrawingGuides.com The art displayed by the company closely resembled BAYC’s official logo, which initially raised suspicion of wron...