Aubreader MastoAug 21, 2024

The Saga of the Dune Crypto Bros And Their Very Pricey Mistake Is At Its End

https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/books/a38815538/dune-crypto-nft-sale-mistake-explained/

In a dismal crypto climate, the group is looking to sell its Dune bible and cash out its treasury. “Really wish this worked out better," the group co-founder said.

NOTE: The article is 2-year old.

#Dune #Jodorowsky #SpiceDAO #NFT

The Saga of the Dune Crypto Bros And Their Very Pricey Mistake Is At Its End

An anonymous NFT group bought a rare art book—Jodorowsky’s Dune—earlier this year, planning to convert the book into NFTs and adapt the story into an animated series. One problem: They don’t actually own the copyright to Dune. Now, they want to cash out.

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Show threadCory DoctorowJan 11, 2023

The #copyrightpilling of the world sets people up for all kinds of scams, because #copyright just doesn't work like that. This wholly erroneous view of copyright grooms normies to be suckers for every sharp grifter who comes along promising that everything imaginable is property-in-waiting (remember #SpiceDAO?):

https://onezero.medium.com/crypto-copyright-bdf24f48bf99

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Crypto + Copyright = 🤡💩 - OneZero

The world of crypto is full of scams, grifts, and absolutely foreseeable flops. The underlying ideology of crypto — the much-vaunted “system design” — starts from the principle that systems are most…

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VICE NewsJan 18, 2022
SpiceDAO Roasted for Spending $3.8 Million on Jodorowsky’s ‘Dune’ Book https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/xgda4a/spicedao-roasted-for-spending-dollar38-million-on-jodorowskys-dune-book #Vice #RSS #News #Bot #AlejandroJodorwsky #SpiceDAO #Dune #DAO #NFT
SpiceDAO Roasted for Spending $3.8 Million on Jodorowsky’s ‘Dune’ Book

It's not clear what the group will do with the book, but it seems like the spice cannot (legally) flow.