Cryptobros splash millions on rare ‘Dune’ book, think they own the copyright

A collective known as Spice DAO spent €2.66M ($3.04M) on a copy of Alejandro Jodorowsky’s Dune book. The problem is they want to turn the book into an animated show: We won the auction for €2.66M. Now our mission is to: 1. Make the book public (to the extent permitted by law) 2. Produce an original animated limited series inspired by the book and sell it to a streaming service 3. Support derivative projects from the community pic.twitter.com/g4QnF6YZBp — Spice DAO (🏜,🏜) (@TheSpiceDAO) January 15, 2022 Honestly, I — and many others — are flabbergasted. It appears Spice DAO has…

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