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by sneak 1913 days ago
> I think the idea is that a lot of these come with publishing contracts built in so the artist receives a royalty if the token changes hands and the current owner has the rights to license the art.

I've not seen a single NFT that comes with an associated copyright license to the underlying work.

Additionally, the artist only receives a royalty if the token is sold on these marketplaces that enforce the royalty. There's no such thing preventing a private sale that doesn't pay it.

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Isn't it possible to actually code it into the ethereum contract to send eth to a wallet when it's traded?
In theory. I've not seen a contract that does that, however.

This doesn't mean they couldn't exist, just that (in my current understanding) it's not part of the ERC-721 spec.

How would that matter if it's traded off chain?