Caked Apes Aim To Fight Back After Their NFTs Are Delisted By OpenSea

Caked Apes is the latest NFT collection that OpenSea has delisted. But, the team is not going down without a fight. Yesterday, the team announced on Twitter that they have submitted a DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) counter-notice to OpenSea. Besides, they have also hired “top U.S. copyright attorneys to manage the situation” and help them “enforce” their rights.

“Rest assured, we are on top of this and committed to doing everything we can for CakedApes to continue to thrive,” Caked Apes further tweeted. “Thank you for your continued support, this is proving once again that we have the best community around.”

OpenSea Delists Caked Apes: What happened?

On March 5, Caked Apes took to Twitter to announce that OpenSea has temporarily delisted the collection from the platform. Apparently, OpenSea took the decision following a DCMA filed by Taylor Whitley. Caked Apes claimed that Whitley “falsely accused” the project of using his images and certain assets without his permission.

“Cake owns 4 of Taylor’s blue floppy disks that grant access to make derivatives of his NFT collections,” the project wrote. “Additionally, we have rights to use this as a project as his percentage on the project are for licensing.”

Furthermore, Caked Apes claimed they have records proving the agreement between the two parties. They also slammed Whitley and commented on his “greed, ego, and abuse”. Until the matter is settled, Caked Apes fans can find the collection on Nifty Gateway. 

OpenSea has previously delisted several NFT collections due to different reasons. Just last month, the platform took down CryptoMories after NFT artist, Sabet submitted a DMCA. The same month, derivative project Squiggles was also delisted from the platform.