Concepts

Artwork

Artwork is an ERC1155 contract representing the instance of the artwork. Its tokenId is same as copyright. It can be reproduced and used just like physical product.

Copyright

Copyright is an ERC721 contract representing the underlying concept and right for the artwork. Metadata and Ruleset linked to Copyright. The owner have the right to change its ruleset, and have potential to build new programmable economic model for the artwork.

Metadata

Your content is processed and stored in metadata contract, which ensure your content is absolutely unique and can be used by others. RasterMetadata is the only working type in the beta version. we will develop more metadata types(e.g. music, animation, voxel) you can imagine on this protocol

Ruleset

This is the place you setup permission and royalty for your creation. Ruleset is linked to Copyright. There are two type of ruleset: upgradable and unupgradable. Upgradable ruleset give you flexibility because you may want to change policy or licence in the future. Unupgradable ruleset makes your artwork trustless. CC0 preset is an unupgradable ruleset that allow anyone to copy it for free.

Permissions

• canTransfer: determine if the artwork token can be transfer by the owner

• canCopy: determine if the artwork token can be copy by the actor

• canBurn: determine if the artwork token can be burn by the actor

• canApply: determine if the artwork token can be used to recreate another artwork

Royalty fees

• Copy royalty: the royalty to be paid when the artwork is copied.

• Burn royalty: the royalty to be paid when the artwork is burn.

• Utilize royalty: the royalty to be paid when the artwork is used to recreate another artwork

Protocol Fees

• Copyright Claim Fee

• Copyright Waive Fee

• Artwork Copy Fee

• Artwork Burn Fee