On December 21, the famous English football club, Manchester United, announced the official sale of its new collection of NFTs, minted on the Tezos blockchain. This one has 7,777 NFTs for a $40 unit price. Within hours of its release, consumers had already bought everything and the collection was sold out. But a situation will come that will question the legitimacy of the collection.
A pale copy of an already existing collection?
On December 21st, just hours after Manchester United announced the launch of their new collection, some netizens commented that the collection looked “a little too much” to that of a recognized NFT artist, named Lucréce. For information, the Manchester and Lucréce NFT collections are all available on the blockchain Tezos. Also, the Lucréce collection is one of the best known on Tezos.
From a simple observation, the case gradually escalated, leading some to accuse Manchester of plagiarism. Users connected items from the two collections and compared them. It turned out that Manchester United’s NFTs have the same style, the same color schemes as the artist.
The situation was such that on December 23, Lucréce to write on Twitter : “I’m not saying Manchester United was inspired by my work. But I’m not saying Manchester United wasn’t inspired by my work.”. Until then, Manchester United had not yet reacted to the controversy.
On Dec. 28, the artist produced a Twitter update to his fan base, indicating that he has reached out to Tezos officials, including Arthur Breitman, co-founder of the platform. She added that talks were ongoing and clarified that the club’s response was delayed due to the winter holidays.
According to the latest developments, exchanges between the artist, Tezos and Manchester United are currently underway. Lucrece said she hoped to conclude a Okay beneficial to both parties.
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