The Legal Side Of Intellectual Property, NFTs, and DAOs With Kathryn Goldman

How can you future-proof your author career by being careful with the publishing clauses you sign? Why are NFTs so interesting for intellectual property? How might DAOs help authors with estate planning? Copyright and trademark attorney Kathryn Goldman talks about these things and more.

In the intro, I talk about my art NFTs [JFPenn & OpenSea] and using generative AI through Conjure.art.

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Kathryn Goldman is a copyright and trademark attorney, and has worked in intellectual property for over 30 years. She runs creativelawcenter.com, which offers resources, workshops, and advice for creative professionals, including authors, artists, designers, and more.

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Show Notes

* Why are NFTs so exciting for intellectual property?* Clauses in publishing contracts that might stop you creating or controlling NFTs in the future — and what language to watch out for* Special editions, smart contracts, and other possibilities for contracts* What does the end of the term of copyright mean for NFTs?* How DAOs could be used by authors and the publishing industry — estate management, author organizations and collectives* Acceleration of blockchain regulations due to President Biden's Executive Order (signed March 2022)

You can find Kathryn Goldman at CreativeLawCenter.com and on Twitter @KathrynGoldman

Transcript of Interview with Kathryn Goldman

Joanna: Kathryn Goldman is a copyright and trademark attorney, and has worked in intellectual property for over 30 years. She runs creativelawcenter.com, which offers resources, workshops, and advice for creative professionals, including authors, artists, designers, and more.

Kathryn's been on the show before, talking about estate planning and protecting your intellectual property. Today, we're talking about web3, NFTs, and DAOs. Welcome back to the show, Kathryn.

Kathryn: Oh, thank you for having me.

Joanna: I'm so excited to talk to you about this. Let's start with more of an attitude question.