xQc, Hasan, more referenced in Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT infringement lawsuit Twitch: xQc \/ Twitch: HasanAbiTop Twitch stars xQc, Hasan, and MoistCr1TiKaL have been referenced in a counterclaim against Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT owners Yuga Labs, as part of a defense to a copyright infringement lawsuit surrounding a specific protest, RR\/BAYC. Some of Twitch\u2019s biggest names have been dragged into a major lawsuit between NFT minter Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) and two individuals who started a protest \u2018mint\u2019 to highlight alleged connections between the project and \u201csubversive internet nazi troll culture.\u201d Yuga Labs sued Ryder Ripps and Jeremy Cahen on June 24 for false advertising, trademark infringement, and more. While a judge denied the defendant\u2019s initial filing almost in full, pushing ten causes of action forward in Yuga Labs\u2019 favor, the duo\u2019s counter suit has thrown top Twitch streamers into the mix. This includes Felix \u2018xQc\u2019 Lengyel, Hasan \u2018HasanAbi\u2019 Piker, and Charles \u2018MoistCr1TiKaL\u2019 White. The trio, among other top content creators, haven\u2019t been named as parties to the suit, but rather referenced in the defense. It built a narrative around the growing protest around NFTs and specifically BAYC, noting the stars were critical in getting the #BURNBAYC movement going. \u201cSocial media influencers and celebrity YouTubers have been using the #BURNBAYC hashtag, which began trending the same week the RR\/BAYC collection sold out,\u201d the suit claimed. \u201cThe question of whether BAYC is racist has become a \u2018viral debate\u2019 and mainstream newspapers reported that #BURNBAYC is a \u2018public opinion storm\u2019 and \u2018too large to ignore.\u2019\u201d However the mention blindsided those named: \u201cWhat\u2019s happening?\u201d Hasan asked on stream. \u201cAm I going to court? What the f**k?\u201d Ripps, on his website selling the RR\/BAYC tokens, claimed \u201cthrough months of intensive research, myself and other community members have discovered extensive connections between BAYC and subversive internet nazi troll culture.\u201d This led him to start the RR\/BAYC project where \u201cthe original BAYC images are recontextualized \u2013 illuminating truths about their origins and meanings as well as the nature of Web3 \u2013 the power of NFTs to change meaning, establish provenance and evade censorship. \u201cRR\/BAYC uses satire and appropriation to protest and educate people regarding The Bored Ape Yacht Club and the framework of NFTs. The work is an extension of and in the spirit of other artists who have worked within the field of appropriation art.\u201d The new counter filing looks to dismiss Yuga Labs\u2019 claims, as well as push for damages due to emotional distress. Whether the Twitch stars will be called up to court though remains to be seen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
xQc, Hasan, more referenced in Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT infringement lawsuit Twitch: xQc \/ Twitch: HasanAbiTop Twitch stars xQc, Hasan, and MoistCr1TiKaL have been referenced in a counterclaim against Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT owners Yuga Labs, as part of a defense to a copyright infringement lawsuit surrounding a specific protest, RR\/BAYC. Some of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65294\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}