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GameStop’s new NFT Marketplace We experienced the first controversy after the offensive and infringing NFTs were listed on the platform. The title of the NFT in question is “Falling Man”. This is the name of the infamous photo of a man who fell from one of the World Trade Centers on 9/11. NFTs literally mimic every element of a photo, except for the person in focus. Instead, it contains an image of a falling astronaut.
As the members of the community pointed out, the appearance of astronauts Rendering an existing 3D model Of Russian flight suit created by an independent artist. It turns out that the NFT author did not ask for permission to use the image.
In addition to human obsceneness and lack of permission to use astronaut images, the use of The Falling Man’s premise also infringed the copyright owned by the original photographer Richard Drew. To add context, the image is one of the most famous photographs taken on that fateful day, and multiple documentaries have been created about it.
With such a formulation of play issues, GameStop NFT community Asked to remove the NFT. The platform eventually adhered to the requirements, and its creator even banned casting on the platform.
Despite such action from GameStop, industry leader OpenSea has taken similar action. assets Listed (and counting) for 2 months. The disagreement between the approaches from the two platforms This is an interesting question. GameStop clearly chose to intervene as a result of community consensus, but OpenSea’s laissez-faire approach made it possible to take full advantage of decentralization.
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