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Future or Fad: Will Headless Brands Rewrite the Book on Branding?

07.31.23

Blockchain Technology Group Co-Chair Jeremy S. Goldman, is quoted in the article, “Future or Fad: Will Headless Brands Rewrite the Book on Branding?” published by Culture3. The article discusses the rising popularity of “headless brands” in the blockchain community and the value proposition created from shared ownership of IP. Jeremy is quoted saying, “NFT IP assets can inspire waves of creativity ‘to create new, expressive works’ which are nonetheless tied more obviously to the original IP.” He adds that with comic books, where at the conferences “in between the juggernauts of official franchises are aisles and aisles of fan fiction, none of which is licensed, but they are embraced because they drive ticket sales for the real collections.”

In conclusion, Jeremy notes that by making it possible to license unofficial upstarts with official licensors at scale, NFTs can grow a brand’s entire pie, as well as making it easy for revenue from that fan fiction to be shared with the original franchise.

Read the full article here.