Artists report discovering their work is being stolen and sold as NFTs

The backlash to the NFT boom has begun.

Recent weeks have seen investors pour millions into digital artworks linked to a new kind of digital asset called non-fungible tokens (NFTs).

This has led to excited speculation that NFTs could be the start of a new era in which digital artists get paid more for their work.

But aside from the environmental problems, there’s the emerging one of copyright theft.

While the NFT investment gold rush has made some artists millionaires, it also appears to have drawn bad actors looking to cash in on the work of…