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  • August 3, 2022
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  • a16zcrypto.com

Why NFT Creators Are Going cc0

By: and Scott Duke Kominers Flashrekt
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Abstract

Strategies for building brands, communities, and content through intellectual property (IP) vary greatly across NFT projects. Some maintain more or less standard IP protections; others give just NFT owners rights to innovate upon the associated intellectual property; while still others have gone even further, choosing to completely remove copyright and other IP protections. Why are so many NFT creators going down the “no rights” path? We explain in this article.

Keywords

Non-fungible Tokens; NFTs; Video Games; Merchandising; Creative Commons; Intellectual Property

Citation

Flashrekt, and Scott Duke Kominers. "Why NFT Creators Are Going cc0." a16zcrypto.com (August 3, 2022).
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