The logo for the NFT Bored Ape Kennel Club (BAKC) collection owned by Yuga Labs appears to be used without copyright or permission from the artist.
The resemblance was first noticed by a Twitter user on Friday, and has since been acknowledged by the creator of the original image, Easy Drawing Tutorial, and Yuga Labs co-founder Greg Solano (“Gargamel”). forward.
“Thank you for exposing this, Colombo. Yuga Labs did not have permission to draw the wolf skull. The intellectual property of the drawing belongs to Easy Drawing Guides as it is our original drawing and is protected by our terms and conditions.”
thanks for bringing it up @Jdotcolombo. @yugalabs No license for wolf skull drawing. The intellectual property of the drawing belongs to Easy Drawing Guides as it is our original drawing and is protected by our terms and conditions.
— Easy Drawing Guide (@easydrawinguide) February 17, 2023
Yuga Labs released the BAKC series in June 2021 and then trademarked its logo in November, but the official Easy Drawing Tutorial Twitter tweeted an image of a nearly identical wolf skull. Exactly three months ago, in April 2021.
Easy Drawing Tutorial is a resource that provides step-by-step instructions for non-artists to create cartoon drawings of different animals and objects.
As clearly explained in Easy Drawing Tutorial’s terms and conditions, commercial use of its proprietary content is prohibited.
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Yuga Labs hired a freelancer to create the design of the logo, according to Solano, adding that as part of the meeting, Yuga Labs contacted the freelancer and Easy Drawing Tutorial to investigate alleged intellectual property violations .
Solano also announced that the logo on the project’s website will be removed and replaced, and Yuga Labs will ask the marketplace to do the same.
“Today I saw a statement about the BAKC logo. We are still looking into the situation. Contacted the freelancer we hired for the design and easy drawing tutorial. We will change the logo and update it on our website and ask the marketplace for it Change……”
See a statement about the BAKC logo today. This is news to us and we are still investigating the situation. The freelancers we hired for this design and easy drawing guide have been contacted. We will change the logo and update it on our website / ask the market to change to… https://t.co/OwtflDXehz
— Garga.eth (Greg Solano) (@CryptoGarga) February 18, 2023
Yuga.’s NFT Marketplace Success
The Bored Ape Kennel Club NFT collectible is free to any wallet with Bored Ape. “The collection has been about raising money for charity from the beginning,” Solano said, and has raised more than $1 million for animal charities.
But according to the project’s website, only 2.5 percent of the royalties from secondary sales for the first six weeks will be donated, meaning Yuga Labs has been profiting from the BAKC series since August 2021.
With a market cap of over $115 million, the BAKC series is one of several NFT series created by Yuga Labs — most notably the Bored Ape Yacht Club series with a market cap of over $1.2 billion and the Mutant Ape Yacht Club, of which the market cap is around $500 million .
Leaked Yuga Labs promotional materials last November showed the company’s 2021 net sales of $127 million and a 2022 budget of $455 million in net sales.
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