After being acquired by YUGA LABS, MOONBIRDS announced that it would strengthen the rights of holders when commercializing individual MOONBIRDS. This shift came about two months after YUGA LABS, an NFT heavyweight player that created the BORED APE YACHT CLUB and owns the CRYPTOPUNKS copyright, acquired MOONBIRDS. MOONBIRDS previously adopted the Creative Commons CC0 copyright code in 2022, making its artwork part of the public domain and freely commercializable without the owner's consent. Now, MOONBIRDS joins MYTHICS as a series with commercial rights, and holders need to own a MOONBIRDS to use it commercially.

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<p>About two months after being acquired by NFT heavyweight Yuga Labs, Moonbirds announced a big shift, according to TechFlow. The NFT series will now strengthen the rights of holders when commercializing individual Moonbirds, the series announced on the X platform. </p>
<p>"From today, Moonbirds will join Mythics as a series with commercial rights," the post reads. "If you made something in the CC0 era, that's cool. But from now on, you need to own a Moonbird to continue doing so." In 2022, Moonbirds shocked some holders when it suddenly changed its copyright model. </p>
<p>At the time, Moonbirds adopted the Creative Commons CC0 copyright code, meaning that the artwork became part of the public domain and could be freely commercialized without the owner's consent. Meanwhile, Moonbirds was acquired in February by Yuga Labs, the powerful NFT studio that created Bored Ape Yacht Club and owns the copyright to CryptoPunks. </p>
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MOONBIRDS turns to copyright protection after being acquired by YUGA LABS