# Are NFTs Securities? with Brian Frye

*Author: Ryan Sean Adams, David Hoffman*
*Published: Jan 3, 2023*
*Source: https://www.bankless.com/fr/are-nfts-securities-with-brian-frye*

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It's time to get to the bottom of this: Are NFTs securities?

On the way down this rabbit hole, we found lawyer **Brian Frye**, who has some fascinating and novel takes on this very issue.

Brian is a law professor at the University of Kentucky, and recently wrote an article in Coindesk titled *NFTs Are Securities and It’s Great*.

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### **TIMESTAMPS**
0:00 Intro

7:30 Are All NFTs Securities?

14:00 Triggered by the Word

19:30 Trolling the SEC

29:20 A Really Good Tool

36:00 New Securities

44:55 Use a Different Term

53:30 Creative Assets

1:01:00 Copyright Law and Clout Sales

1:09:30 A Medium of Value Capture

1:14:00 Public Goods

1:19:00 Closing

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#### RESOURCES
- [Brian Frye](https://twitter.com/brianlfrye)
- [After Copyright: Pwning NFTs in a Clout Economy](https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3971240)
- [Securities Spectrum](https://imgur.com/8jt6OZ1)
- [NFTs are Securities and It's Great](https://www.coindesk.com/consensus-magazine/2022/12/28/nfts-are-securities-and-its-great/)