The artist behind Miles Morales just dropped a bombshell about creator compensation. Sara Pichelli—yeah, the one who literally co-created one of Marvel's biggest characters—revealed she gets zero royalties from Spider-Verse films or that massive Insomniac Spider-Man game.
"I don't get anything. And that's the saddest part of my life."
Wild how traditional IP structures work. While her character generates billions across movies and gaming, the original creator sees none of it. Makes you wonder if blockchain-based creator royalties could've changed this story entirely. Just saying—NFT smart contracts don't ghost artists like this.
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LightningLady
· 18h ago
That's why we need an on-chain creator economy. Traditional big companies just exploit creators' hard work like this.
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OnChainDetective
· 12-07 08:50
nah this reeks of classic corporate theft patterns. traced the revenue flows—billions extracted, zero distributed back to source. statistical anomaly? nah, it's the signature move. smart contracts wouldn't let this slip through, but here we are watching centralized systems ghost creators like clockwork.
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CryptoPhoenix
· 12-07 08:48
Remember, even the most unfair rules are the beginning of rebuilding faith. Sara's experience is just like ours in a bear market. What we should be thinking about is how to use blockchain as a weapon to fight back against traditional capital. [wiping sweat]
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DegenDreamer
· 12-07 08:35
A typical big corporation tactic: all the creatives contribute for nothing, and all the profits go to the capital. This is the real reason why Web3 exists.
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TestnetNomad
· 12-07 08:35
This is the real problem that Web3 should be solving, much more reliable than those shitcoins.
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SelfStaking
· 12-07 08:29
ngl this is just ridiculous, the creator of the character doesn't even get any subsequent profits? Big corporations' tactics are honestly disgusting.
The artist behind Miles Morales just dropped a bombshell about creator compensation. Sara Pichelli—yeah, the one who literally co-created one of Marvel's biggest characters—revealed she gets zero royalties from Spider-Verse films or that massive Insomniac Spider-Man game.
"I don't get anything. And that's the saddest part of my life."
Wild how traditional IP structures work. While her character generates billions across movies and gaming, the original creator sees none of it. Makes you wonder if blockchain-based creator royalties could've changed this story entirely. Just saying—NFT smart contracts don't ghost artists like this.