📷 “Disaster Girl” meme just sold as a non-fungible token (NFT) for almost $500,000 💰💰💰

📰 The girl in the photo named Zoë Roth, has sold the original copy of the meme at a Foundation auction for 180 Ether (close to USD 500,000!) and retained the copyright. Just like many multimedia creative work, memes can receive copyright protection, giving their owners a say over how the meme is used and monetized.

ℹ️ Source : https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/29/arts/disaster-girl-meme-nft.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur