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BEWARE of fake EEVblog NFT's
pardo-bsso:
--- Quote from: EEVblog on January 19, 2022, 03:27:08 am ---FYI, the NFT has been removed.
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Many of us reported it.
It's interesting that for being a decentralized network one big player has still control over what that "creator made".
(on a tangent, I saw the B52s live and doubt that any of my peers would like to know or understand it)
MrMobodies:
I see not just the NFT but the scammers account has been closed.
https://opensea.io/StakeTheWeb
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Good they took action.
nctnico:
--- Quote from: pardo-bsso on January 19, 2022, 05:09:19 pm ---
--- Quote from: EEVblog on January 19, 2022, 03:27:08 am ---FYI, the NFT has been removed.
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Many of us reported it.
It's interesting that for being a decentralized network one big player has still control over what that "creator made".
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Opensea (or any other) market place only has control over what is listed on that market place. For example: Ebay may choose to remove a listing of an item but that doesn't mean the item can't be sold at all.
MrMobodies:
Just found a news article on it:
https://www.nme.com/news/gaming-news/gaming-youtubers-are-having-their-likenesses-stolen-and-turned-into-nfts-3139754
--- Quote ---Gaming YouTubers are having their likenesses stolen and turned into NFTs
"I cannot wait for the lawsuits"
By
Matt Kamen
17th January 2022
Video game focused YouTubers are having their likenesses stolen and “minted” as NFTs, with the images being sold for profit and without their consent. Many of the affected YouTubers find their identities have been included as part of an NFT assortment called the “Top YouTubers Collection”, seemingly uploaded by a user calling themselves “StakeTheWeb” and sold on the NFT marketplace OpenSea. Despite NFTs – or Non-Fungible Tokens, effectively digital receipts that can point to a particular image but which confer no real ownership – being something of a buzzword at present, many creators are deeply opposed to them, citing the environmental destruction associated with the energy costs of processing transactions and the exploitative nature of the market.
YouTuber “DreamcastGuy” highlighted the problem of likeness theft for NFTs in a video posted over the weekend (January 15), though many other creators have been experiencing the issue.
As highlighted by Eurogamer, other creators including Jim ‘Caddicarus‘ Caddick, James Stephanie Sterling’s The Jimquisition, and Alanah ‘Charalanahzard‘ Pearce have all had their likenesses used without their permission. On Twitter, Sterling said they were “frankly not surprised that some freeloading leech turned my channel into an NFT”, adding “I did not consent to this, I do not want this, and it demonstrates everything I’ve said about how disrespectful and exploitative this market is”, and calling the uploader “scum”.
Jim ‘Caddicarus’ Caddick said, “At least, AT LEAST, if you stole my shit and tried selling it off, make it a t shirt. A mug. A clock. A thing. That you can use. And enjoy. Shilling off a profile picture for a collection you can just make yourself on a Facebook photo album is honestly a new level of pathetic lol”. Charalanahzard – who is also a writer for Sony Santa Monica – has also seen her own photos stolen and sold on OpenSea with a porn logo added to the image, all without any involvement or agreement. Pearce says, “I cannot wait for the lawsuits”.
The practice is undeniably theft, and due to the largely anonymous nature of blockchain technologies, it can leave those affected without recourse. While an OpenSea representative told TheGamer that “it is against our policy to sell NFTs using plagiarised content, which we regularly enforce in various ways, including delisting and in some instances, banning accounts (as was the case in this instance)”, there is little to stop thieves uploading another “collection” of NFTs and profiting in the short term.
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I like that, freeloading leech.
WA1ICI:
At least Dave Jones is considered to be in the “Top YouTubers Collection”! :D
- John Atwood
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