The NFT World Sees Another Copyright Controversy

Art dealer and gallerist Julian Sander has made thousands of portraits that his great-grandfather August Sanderc made for his People of the Twentieth Century project available on the blockchain.

The move was meant to be pioneering and historic, as it marked the first time that the archive of a major photographic figure would be able as an NFT (non-fungible token). However Julian Sander has now called The August Sander 10K Collection a disaster (or ruder words to that effect), as a long-established cultural foundation in Germany has asserted a huge copyright claim over the August Sander archive and launched a court case against it. This is important because it could set a precedent for how NFTs are sold on the market, particularly with emerging photographers looking to enter.

The collection was supposed to be historic. It would mark the first time the archive of a major figure in the history of photography would be made available as NFTs, allowing a historically significant photography collection to be communally owned on the blockchain.

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