In this episode, we’re joined by Marta Belcher, President and Chair of the Filecoin Foundation, to dive deep into the transformative potential of decentralized storage and its role in shaping the future of technology. Marta shares her insights on how Filecoin is enabling decentralized AI, preserving humanity’s most important data, and creating alternatives to big tech.
We explore the incentives and economics behind Filecoin, its critical use cases in journalism and human rights, and how it’s helping to build censorship-resistant systems. Marta also discusses the challenges and opportunities of governance in decentralized systems, the evolving regulatory landscape for crypto in the U.S., and the pivotal role of the market structure bill.
Chapters
00:00: The Decentralized AI Revolution
00:28: Filecoin’s Role in Decentralized AI
01:29: What is Filecoin?
02:14: The Importance of Decentralized Storage
03:29: Incentives and Economics of Filecoin
06:10: Filecoin for Journalism and Human Rights
08:25: Decentralized AI and Filecoin’s Infrastructure
13:10: Governance in Decentralized Systems
22:13: Regulation and Crypto’s Future in the US
29:02: Filecoin’s Growth and Use Cases
37:05: Filecoin’s Long-Term Vision
Stuart Levi, co-head of the Technology Transaction and Intellectual Property Group at Skadden Arps, and Marta Belcher, general counsel and Head of Policy at Protocol Labs, break down the legal issues surrounding NFTs specifically in the context of Yuga Labs’ recent purchase of CryptoPunks and Meebits IP rights. Show highlights:
the definitions and differences between copyrights, trademarks, and rights of publicity (name, image, likeness)
how NFT projects have evolved in the past 12-18 months and what that means for the rights of NFT holders
why NBA Top Shot’s licensing model is the best model for famous brands entering the NFT space
how the popularity of PFPs and the open-source ethos of crypto has led to confusion regarding the commercial rights of NFT holders
what you are getting when you buy an NFT (hint, it’s not copyright)
the misconceptions surrounding Yuga Labs’ acquisition of Crypto Punks and Meebits
why Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT holders most likely cannot use the Bored Ape Yacht Club brand or logo
what issues web3 projects face in getting NFT holders to accept terms and conditions
why web3 projects should protect their trademark
what a Creative Commons license is, and how it can be used in the NFT space
what sort of licenses exist in the NFT space
why secondary sales and transfers of NFTs pose such massive problems for copyright and trademark owners
how marketplaces are handling terms and conditions
what NFT projects can do to help the transfer of copyrights and trademarks
Announcing The Cryptopians Book Clubs!
On April 26th, I will be selling NFT tickets to five 90-minute virtual book clubs in which 22 people can discuss "The Cryptopians" with me and with each other — without worrying about spoilers! Two of the book clubs will also feature special guests.
The sale will go live on Tuesday, April 26, at 1pm ET/10am PT, and tickets will be $100 each. (The sale will be on Bitski, but the NFTs will not be visible until the sale goes live on the 26th): https://www.bitski.com/@laurashin/created
Here is the schedule:
Monday May 2, at 8pm ET/5pm PT with Laura Shin
Tuesday, May 3, at a time TBD with guests Christoph Jentzsch, Lefteris Karapetsas, and Griff Green
Thursday, May 5, at 6pm CET/12pm ET/9am PT with Laura Shin
Monday, May 9, at 6pm CET/12pm ET/9am PT with guest Andrey Ternovskiy
Tuesday, May 10, at 9pm CET/3pm ET/12pm PT with Laura Shin
If you'd like to participate, be sure to mark your calendars for the sale time on April 26th. Hope to see you in one of the book clubs!
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Episode Link:
Marta Belcher
https://www.linkedin.com/in/martabelcher
https://twitter.com/MartaBelcher
Stuart Levi
https://www.linkedin.com/in/stuartlevi/
Content on NFT IP/Legal Issues
Josh Durham on IP rights and NFTs
https://lexdao.substack.com/p/protecting-your-nft-personal-property-rights?s=r
Punk 6529 on CryptoPunks and Yuga Labs
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1502595586960367617.html
Decrypt on stolen IP
https://decrypt.co/96637/nfts-have-a-problem-with-copyright-theft
Why IP rights are meaningless
https://twitter.com/nftlawguy/status/1509233036369416192
IP questions from DC Investor
https://twitter.com/iamDCinvestor/status/1509187304027529222
The Copyright NFT bible
https://medium.com/initc3org/copyright-vulnerabilities-in-nfts-317e02d8ae26
What Exactly Do You Get When You Buy an NFT? Three Lawyers Discuss
https://unchainedpodcast.com/what-exactly-do-you-get-when-you-buy-an-nft-three-lawyers-discuss/
Difference between copyright and trademark
https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/small-business/trademark-vs-copyright
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