Authors of the ArtWars project are outraged by the inconsistent sale of their works in NFT on OpenSea – Bits Media

British artists are unhappy, what their work, belonging to the Art Wars project, were sold for $6.7 Milln in the form of NFT on the Opensea platform without their consent.

Photographer David Bailey (David Bailey) and sculptor Anish Kapur (Anish Kapoor)
They say, that at the beginning of the month the curator Ben Moore (Ben Moore) I placed their works on the Opensea trading platform in the form of non -replaceable tokens.

We are talking about the collection of helmets of attack aircraft from Star Wars, belonging to the ART Wars project, and on which they worked more 300 designers. The collection of helmets became known after the exhibition at the Saatchi London Gallery in 2013 year. Investors have already paid about 5 Milln pounds for sterling for 1138 NFT with images of these helmets.

Moore's attempts to photograph the collection and turn them into collectible tokens angry with many artists, working in the Art Wars project. However, Moore reported, what 4 November he sent them a notification by e -mail, Submitting, that their work will be presented in the form of NFT. Around 12 Contractors intend to sue Moore. One of them is Helen Dauni (Helen Downu), known under the pseudonym Unskilled Worker.

“If the extraction of benefits from the intellectual property of creative figures is not challenged, This behavior will destroy and pervert the fascinating world of artists and collectors ", - said Dauni.

The Society for the Copyright Protection of Designers and Artists commented on the situation, stated, that the launch of NFT without the permission of the authors can destroy creative activities. Therefore, society emphasized the need to protect their intellectual property using laws.

This week NFT Art Wars were removed from the Opensea platform after notification of copyright violations. Work of the English artist Damien Hurst (Damien Hirst) Also could be presented as NFT, but were removed from the platform at the request of Herst representatives.

A similar situation has recently occurred with Miramax. She sued the director of Quentin Tarantino for her intention to launch a NFT collection with scenes from the film “Crime Fiction”, Despite the ban on the company.