The poster believed that this would enhance the value of the NFT chain as the only legal copy of the book, and would be an “incredible marketing stunt” and may even present an opportunity to sell a video of them burning the book as an NFT.
In their announcement for having purchased the book (which again is not the copyright) however, their goal appeared to be to allow others to read it by making it public, before releasing an animated series of the novel, which would undoubtedly get them sued into the ground by the actual copyright holders, currently The Herbert Limited Partnership, should they so choose.
Same guys who keep telling you you don’t understand basic economics
“Bro, you don’t get it, bro. When you buy a thing, you own a thing. When you own a thing, you can do with it what you want. Okay, bro? They bought a book with a story inside. Like buying a carton of eggs, you own the eggs inside. So they own that copy of the story inside, bro. It’s theirs. They can mass produce it if they want. Basic economy, bro. They own it, bro.”
