Monitor 345 million NFTs, and help you find out the infringing ones!

You mint your own NFT works on the open market. Have you found out that someone has done it for you without warning before or after? As a collector, are you afraid of buying "counterfeit goods"? Relevant platforms have begun to respond to these problems. For example, DeviantArt , an online artist exhibition space, has launched an advanced version of the infringing copy monitoring system, DeviantArt Protect , which uses AI to compare infringing NFTs, allowing creators to protect their rights.

Monitored 8 major blockchains, 345 million NFTs

DeviantArt artists add their own works to DeviantArt Protect, and the system will compare them on several public blockchains. If there are identical or nearly identical works, a warning will be issued, and artists can choose to submit a proposal to the trading platform. Work removal request. This feature currently allows artists to monitor 10 works for free (within a total capacity of 2GB), and if you are a "core" member with a monthly fee of $3.95 for DeviantArt Protect, you can monitor 1,000 works (50GB).

Blockchains currently monitored by DeviantArt Protect include Ethereum, Klaytn, Polygon, Arbitrum, Optimism, Palm, Tezos and Flow. The removal request from the artist is a pre-filled Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) format file. They said that at present, 345 million NFTs of ERC-721 and ERC-1155 on 8 blockchains are currently monitored through the system, and 245,000 warnings have been issued, but the actual number of delisting requests issued cannot be determined. And know.

AI learning + human-assisted screening

DeviantArt Protect is confronted with possible illicit reproductions, illustrated by the following illustration:

Future support for video and audio files

DeviantArt Protect is actually a plan launched in September last year to protect the works listed on DeviantArt. However, after the official operation, DeviantArt has received feedback from many artists, so they are now officially extending their tentacles to the field of NFT.

“Unfortunately for artists, once a work is minted into NFT, even if it is later confirmed to be infringing, it is still impossible to remove it.” DeviantArt Marketing Director Liat Gurwicz said. At present, the copyright status of NFT is still unclear under the judicial system, and it is not currently included in the definition of infringement of traditional artworks.

Gurwicz said that they understand that the important work at this stage is to protect the works of users, and they have also received requests to protect both video and audio file formats. "Web3 has made a lot of promises to give creators a new way to display and sell their work without relying on a centralized online platform, but unfortunately, creators are at a disadvantage right now."

Rapid development stage, optimistic but cautious

Trading platforms have also responded to these questions. For example, Opensea recently launched its own monitoring mechanism to detect works on the platform, then compare it with a set of real collectibles, and use artificial intelligence to assist in pattern recognition.

For individual NFT creators, the service of 10 free works seems to be quite enough when they are not too famous; for collectors, they must verify the origin of the seller before starting, preferably Do your research first to avoid impulse shopping or being forced to sell because of FOMO factors. If the work is requested to be taken off the shelves, there should be no way to ask for help at this stage!

References

• DeviantArt is expanding its system for flagging stolen NFT art
• DeviantArt Protect: Helping Safeguard Your Art
• OpenSea is adding NFT copy detection and verification features