I spoke to Ryder Ripps, a defendant in the trademark lawsuit from Yuga Labs (Bored Apes) that I've been covering for quite some time now. He was recently ordered to pay $9 million — mostly in Yuga's attorney's fees — and is appealing the case.
https://www.citationneeded.news/yuga-labs-ryder-ripps-interview
Ripps and his co-defendant have both expressed that they felt that my coverage of the case has been biased against them. After I replied to an email from him, Ripps agreed to an on-the-record interview.
Yuga sued Ripps after he created an NFT project with BAYC images, which he says was an act of appropriation art to protest what he alleges are racist elements in the Bored Apes project. He views the ensuing trademark suit as an attempt to silence his speech.
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Me a few times back before knowing about NFT's and monkeys: "I don't get it? This seems like dumbest absolute bullshit, what am I not understanding here?" 
Turns out it actually was dumbest absolute bullshit and there wasn't anything more to understand. 
@molly0xfff Obviously not equivalent physical ownership, copy-vs-link, etc. But it's the same distinction between pseudo-buyer and original owner. The fact that ownership didn't transfer doesn't mean nobody owns it and anyone can display it for the purpose of soliciting money.
The disclaimer is... I don't know, but it seems like it doesn't deserve too much confidence unless there is some legal precedent.
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