{"id":603111,"date":"2024-11-22T18:44:22","date_gmt":"2024-11-22T18:44:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insidebitcoins.com\/?p=603111"},"modified":"2024-11-22T18:44:22","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T18:44:22","slug":"nft-artist-beeple-risks-copyright-lawsuit-for-tweeting-about-the-chill-guy-memecoin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insidebitcoins.com\/news\/nft-artist-beeple-risks-copyright-lawsuit-for-tweeting-about-the-chill-guy-memecoin","title":{"rendered":"NFT Artist Beeple Risks Copyright Lawsuit For Tweeting About The Chill Guy Memecoin"},"content":{"rendered":"
Michael Winkelmann, a non-fungible token digital artist known professionally as “Beeple,” has jumped into a hot frying pan after accidentally tweeting about the Chill Guy, a controversial meme coin anonymously created on the Solana blockchain network. The new Chill Guy meme coin was created last week and gained over $500 million in market capitalization.<\/p>\n
In a November 22 blog post<\/a>, Beeple, through his daily artwork, published an image featuring graphics similar to those of “Chill Guy,” a global viral meme sensation from the digital artist Philip Banks. Beeple has found himself risking a copyright lawsuit since Banks had previously banned the public from using his digital art and threatened legal action against meme coins using his art.<\/p>\n MAXCHILLhttps:\/\/t.co\/eTtuXJ1RZi<\/a><\/p>\n — joshisdead.eth (@jsholedamn) November 22, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n