Alana Kushnir Speaks at RMIT Conference: What’s Governing Web3

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In December 2022, The RMIT Conference: What’s Governing Web3 brought together leading researchers to present industry-defining findings and insights into policy solutions for blockchain-enabled Web3 governance.

Guest Work Agency Director and Founder Alana Kushnir contributed to the Short Talks: Regulation Interface program, with a talk entitled Mapping the Resale Royalty Landscape of NFTs in Australia.

Kushnir discussed how the resale of the NFTs by Australian artists interacts with the existing artists’ resale royalty scheme, which provides that a 5% royalty will be payable to visual artists on certain commercial sales of their work. She considered whether the resale of NFTs falls within the remit of the Resale Royalty Right for Visual Artists Act 2009 (Cth) and if so, what the implications may be.

DISCUSSING OUR DIGITAL FUTURE

The keynote address was given by legal scholar, internet activist and artist Primavera De Filippi, who addressed the questions: what exactly is the metaverse, and how does it compare with the internet? What are the new social, economic and political opportunities it provides, and how can we leverage them to promote progress and innovation? Can the metaverse help us escape from the limitations of the physical world? Can it help us build a more inclusive and abundant society? Or is it simply replication – or even exacerbate – the current state of affairs?

Selected talks from the conference are available for the public. Watch the recordings from the conference here.

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