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Is the Web3 Dead? Edward Lee on Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) and the seductive promise of creators taking control of their digital work
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Is the Web3 Dead? Edward Lee on Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) and the seductive promise of creators taking control of their digital work
FromKeen On
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30 minutes
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Mar 28, 2023
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EPISODE 1400: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to the author of CREATORS TAKE CONTROL, Edward Lee, about the health of the Web3 digital economy, Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) and the seductive promise of creators taking control of their work
A leading legal expert on NFTs, Edward Lee is a professor of Law and co-director of Chicago-Kent College of Law’s Center for Design, Law, and Technology, the first U.S. institution devoted to research of creativity, technology, design, and the law. He is also the founder of the nonprofit The Free Internet Project, which analyzes developments related to Internet freedoms and preserving the free and open Internet. His popular website, Nou NFT (nouNFT.com), analyzes the latest news, controversies, and developments in NFTs. He is a sought-after speaker on NFTs. He spoke about his theory of NFTs as decentralized intellectual property at NFT.NYC 2022, the largest conference on NFTs in the world. A former contributor to the Huffington Post, Lee’s writing on topic related to the Internet, copyright, and pop culture has also been featured in outlets such as The Washington Post and Billboard. For more on Ed Lee, visit: https://nounft.com/, Twitter: @nounft; https://www.youtube.com/user/theutubeblog; and his book website https://creatorstakecontrol.com/.
Named as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting KEEN ON, he is the host of the long-running How To Fix Democracy show. He is also the author of four prescient books about digital technology: CULT OF THE AMATEUR, DIGITAL VERTIGO, THE INTERNET IS NOT THE ANSWER and HOW TO FIX THE FUTURE. Andrew lives in San Francisco, is married to Cassandra Knight, Google's VP of Litigation & Discovery, and has two grown children.
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A leading legal expert on NFTs, Edward Lee is a professor of Law and co-director of Chicago-Kent College of Law’s Center for Design, Law, and Technology, the first U.S. institution devoted to research of creativity, technology, design, and the law. He is also the founder of the nonprofit The Free Internet Project, which analyzes developments related to Internet freedoms and preserving the free and open Internet. His popular website, Nou NFT (nouNFT.com), analyzes the latest news, controversies, and developments in NFTs. He is a sought-after speaker on NFTs. He spoke about his theory of NFTs as decentralized intellectual property at NFT.NYC 2022, the largest conference on NFTs in the world. A former contributor to the Huffington Post, Lee’s writing on topic related to the Internet, copyright, and pop culture has also been featured in outlets such as The Washington Post and Billboard. For more on Ed Lee, visit: https://nounft.com/, Twitter: @nounft; https://www.youtube.com/user/theutubeblog; and his book website https://creatorstakecontrol.com/.
Named as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting KEEN ON, he is the host of the long-running How To Fix Democracy show. He is also the author of four prescient books about digital technology: CULT OF THE AMATEUR, DIGITAL VERTIGO, THE INTERNET IS NOT THE ANSWER and HOW TO FIX THE FUTURE. Andrew lives in San Francisco, is married to Cassandra Knight, Google's VP of Litigation & Discovery, and has two grown children.
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Released:
Mar 28, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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