Songs sold as NFTs without musicians’ permission

Published February 2, 2022 8:06pm ET



It’s time for one website selling nonfungible tokens without the creators’ permission to face the music, artists say.

Musicians discovered that HitPiece, an NFT marketplace that claims to sell “one of one NFTs of all your favorite songs,” was selling their songs as NFTs without their permission. The website previously listed songs by well-known artists, including Disney music, K-pop sensation BTS, and Britney Spears, as NFTs.

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