Rammstein Frontman’s NFT Sale is Unauthorized, Says Historic Russian Museum

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Till Lindemann, the frontman of German metal band Rammstein, is selling non-fungible tokens (NFTs) featuring digital art from his recent video that was shot in the famous Hermitage Museum in Sankt Petersburg, Russia. However, the museum has now come forward to say that this sale is unauthorized, and that it violates the agreement that allowed Lindemann to shoot on the location.
In May 2021, Till Lindemann filmed the video for his solo song Любимый город (“Beloved Town”) at the Hermitage—the song was first performed in 1939 by Mark Bernes, while Lindemann’s version will be used in the movie Девятаев (translated to “V2. Escape from Hell”) directed by Timur Bekmambetov.

Recently, Lindemann decided to release a series of NFTs dubbed NFTill featuring short clips from the video on the twelve x twelve NFT marketplace.

The NFTs range in price from EUR 199 (c. USD 234) for the most common one, to a whopping EUR 100,000 (c. USD 117,652) for one of ten tokens featuring the whole one shot video, as well as “a dinner with Till Lindemann in Moscow including cost coverage for flight, accommodation and visa for buyer and companion,” according to the marketplace.

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