
NFTs and Intellectual Property: Beware of Theft!
It turns out that NFT minted art, typically comprised of one’s own or a third party’s intellectual property, could be fairly easy to steal. Take, for example, the recent theft of NFTs from the Goblin Asses collection. The stolen NFTs are part of a larger group of images, known as Goblin Ass Town. They are considered an “ironic” rendition of the popular NFT series Goblin Town. These NFTs, created and owned by several individuals, were “stolen” and listed as available on an unauthorized website. As reported, it is alleged that “a scraping bot probably found the collection and created a