1/ I don’t know shit about copyright law, so I’m trying not to discuss it much, but I’ll tell you that mtgDAO NFTs being IP infringement is not intuitive to me.
2/ Making a copy of a magic card and selling it as an NFT would be copyright infringement. mtgDAO NFTs are just a protocol tool to track who’s allowed to use the card in our Magic tournaments.
3/ It’s like the difference between making a copy of a book vs giving someone an invite to bring a book to a book club. I never would have thought you would need to get permission from the author before doing the latter.
But I’m certainly not an expert.
*mutes thread*
In case it’s not obvious to anyone reading this, I’m so excited about this project but I definitely have NO IDEA what I’m doing. Join the shitshow and maybe we can make something cool together!
Wizards of the Coast sent a very polite email saying they consider our use of NFTs, as described in the mtgDAO whitepaper, to be unlawful IP infringement.
They hint at their own NFT plans and ask that we don’t launch mtgDAO.
Here’s why WotC is ngmi.
My primary motivation continues to be combining my two passions, web3 and Magic in ways a community is excited to engage with. This isn’t the end for mtgDAO. I think the web3 community has a lot to bring to the game if Wizards can be open minded enough about us. Wish us luck!
