![]() ![]() ![]() At the same time, the case has been cited in a number of the other web3-centric lawsuits that have proliferated since, such as the one that Yuga Labs has waged against Ryder Ripps and a separate case over a Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT that landed before a court in Singapore. Since Hermès first filed suit in January 2022, the case has proven to be a closely-watched matter due to its status as one of the first lawsuits to center on the intersection of trademarks and NFTs and its focus on key questions, including the extent to which “real” world trademark rights extend to the virtual world. In light of Rothschild’s unwillingness to meet the demands set out by Hermès in its cease-and-desist (including pulling the NFTs from the market), the Birkin bag-maker filed suit against him in a New York federal court on January 14, accusing him of federal and common law trademark infringement, false designation of origin, trademark dilution, cybersquatting, and injury to business reputation and dilution under New York General Business Law, and seeking monetary damages, including the profits that he made in selling the NFTs, and injunctive relief to bar him from making further use of its trademarks. In the letter to Hermès, which Rothschild posted to the MetaBirkins Instagram account, he argued that the NFTs are shielded from Hermès’s trademark claims by “the First Amendment, gives me every right to create art based on my interpretations of the world around me.”Īfter initially positioning the NFTs as a “tribute” to Hermès’s most famous offering and “an experiment to see if could create that same kind of illusion that has in real life as a digital commodity,” Rothschild asserted that the MetaBirkins NFTs – the first of which sold on December 3 for $42,000 – act as “a commentary on fashion’s history of animal cruelty, and its current embrace of fur-free initiatives and alternative textiles.” ![]() Hermès made headlines in December 2021 when an artist named Mason Rothschild revealed in an open letter that it had sent him a cease-and-desist letter, alleging that he was infringing its federally-registered trademarks by way of the sale of non-fungible tokens (“NFTs”) called MetaBirkins. ![]()
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He continues to add to his over 300 television and film credits and manages the old west location, Bordertown, as well as the Virtue Studio Ranch and the not-for-profit The Virtue Foundation, whose primary objective is to raise awareness for children who are physically, mentally or financially challenged. ![]() ![]() Rekert were the recipients of the Peter Ustinov Humanitarian Award at the Banff International TV Festival.ĭanny has been nominated for multiple Gemini Awards as Producer for Best Dramatic Series for Neon Rider, a Leo Award as Producer for Best Dramatic Series for Whistler, a Taurus World Stunt Award for his horse work on the feature film Pathfinder, and was the winner of the 2011 Leo Award for Best Stunt Coordination in a Feature Length Drama for Gunless. With actor Winston Rekert, Danny co‑created and co‑executive produced 65 episodes of the landmark Canadian series. In 1985 after Danny and Hollywood stuntman Dar Robinson formed Stunts Behind the Scenes he built the Virtue Studio Ranch, which became home to the multi‑award‑winning Neon Rider. He is one of the founders of the Motion Picture Production Industry Association, a founding Director of the Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Foundation of British Columbia and the LEO AWARDS, a past member of the Board of Directors of the Whistler Film Festival Society, a past Member of the Advisory Board of Vancouver International Film Festival/Trade Forum and a member of the Advisory Board which established the UBC Certificate in Entertainment Administration.īorn and raised in British Columbia, Danny Virtue Danny is a Producer, Director, Stunt Coordinator, Animal Trainer and mentor to many members of the BC production community and whose accomplishments are recognized globally. He graduated from McGill Law School in 1985 and moved to Vancouver in 1991 and is recognized as one of Canada’s leading entertainment lawyers.Īrthur has published numerous articles on entertainment law and lectured extensively at McGill University, UBC and the University of Victoria and he chaired numerous seminars and conferences relating to entertainment law in Canada, the United States, China and England. 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In his book Images in Spite of All, French art historian Georges Didi-Huberman questions the tradition of suspicion and denigration governing visual representations of the Holocaust, arguing we have abdicated our ethical obligation to try to imagine. Images are simply withdrawn from circulation with the aim of eliminating their visibility. At the other end of the spectrum, contemporary iconophobia may be more subtle. At its most radical, iconophobia results in an act of iconoclasm, or the total destruction of the image. If iconophobia is defined as the suspicion and anxiety towards the power exerted by images, its history is an ancient one in all of its Platonic, Christian, and Judaic forms. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Whatever changes are made when the file(s) are locked will not show up in the XML file. When this happens, the file is likely to be locked and cannot be written to by either Vectorworks or Lightwright. The server may be copying parts of your files at any time. Instead move them to your desktop for work. If you set up a collaborative environment using a service such as Dropbox, do not work on your files while they are on the server.I know, this is redundant, but it bears repeating. Keep the VWX, XML, and LW5 files in the same folder.Save the Vectorworks XML file in the same location as the VWX file.The Lightwright file will still be linked to Show-Data.xml.Īny changes you make in Show-LightPlot-2.vwx will not appear in your Lightwright file unless you now link the Lightwright file to the new XML file. However,the Lightwright file will still be looking at the original Show-Data.xml file. If you Save As or rename the VWX, that file will create a new XML so you may end up with Show-Data.xml (in reality Vectorworks will name this the same as your LightPlot, but with the XML file extension).That’s for good record keeping and so you can easily “see” the relationships. You need to keep your VWX, LW5, and XML files in the same folder or directory. Two work together to ensure a smooth workflow, but they are not one product, like the Vectorworks Designer Suite.This is explained again below, but as a critical point, it need emphasis. Lightwright was developed by John McKernon and not by Nemetschek Vectorworks. I discuss the relationship between Lightwright and Vectorworks at length in Entertainment Design Scenic, Lighting, and Sound, with Vectorworks Spotlight 2013.This is an important excerpt about good workflow, and avoiding Potential issues. ![]() |