https://decrypt.co/114069/opensea-pledges-to-enforce-nft-royalties-after-creator-backlash
OpenSea, the largest NFT marketplace by trading volume, announced today that it will continue to enforce creator royalties on NFTs following significant pushback from the community.
“We will continue to enforce creator fees on all existing collections,” the firm wrote in a tweet thread. “We’re awed by the passion we’ve seen from creators and collectors alike this week. We were looking for your feedback, and we heard it, loud and clear.”
On Saturday, OpenSea announced a royalties enforcement system for newly-created NFT projects that is built around a blacklist that blocks listed marketplaces from handling those transactions. The method targets marketplaces that do not fully enforce royalty fees, which are among OpenSea’s biggest rivals—a move that some have called anti-competitive.
OpenSea set a self-imposed December 8 deadline to take in community feedback and consider possible courses of action, which it said included making creator fees optional for traders, only enforcing them on some types of NFT collections, or implementing new enforcement methods.
The potential for the market’s largest NFT platform to stop enforcing royalties did not sit well with many prominent creators—including Bored Ape Yacht Club creator, Yuga Labs—who vocally pushed back against OpenSea and began organizing amongst themselves.
On Tuesday, noted streetwear brand The Hundreds stepped up its response, announcing that it had canceled a planned OpenSea NFT drop this week. “May it be a reminder to them, to you, and the world that the artists are always in control,” the firm’s founders wrote.
As its tweet suggests, OpenSea got the message “loud and clear” from the community. The $13.3 billion Web3 startup explained that it was “seeking guidance from our community,” but pointed to data showing that the share of market-wide creator royalty fees is tumbling in recent weeks as royalties-rejecting marketplaces gain steam.
“Unless something changes soon, this space is trending toward significantly fewer fees paid to creators,” OpenSea wrote. “No policy that we implement will reverse this trend if this behavior continues.”
OpenSea encouraged creators to create additional incentives for traders to honor royalties and point them towards marketplaces that honor them. It also pointed towards implementing additional enforcement methods.
On Saturday, OpenSea announceda royalties enforcement systemfor newly-created NFT projects that is built around a blacklist that blocks listed marketplaces from handling those transactions. The method targets marketplaces that do not fully enforce royalty fees, which are among OpenSea’s biggest rivals—a move that some have called anti-competitive.
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