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When you buy an NFT, you don't completely own it – here's why

  • Written by Dinusha Mendis, Professor of Intellectual Property and Innovation Law and Acting Deputy Dean (Research), Faculty of Media and Communication, Bournemouth University
When you buy an NFT, you don't completely own it – here's whyWelcome to the world of digital property.CreatorsTempe

NFTs or non-fungible tokens first captured the public imagination when a digital collage by an artist named Beeple sold for US$69 million (£51 million) at Christie’s in March 2021. Since then, there has been an explosion in the use of these units for storing digital content, which...

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