"History buries more creative minds than it recognizes"

Yet the proverb 死马当活马医 helped @HanduoZ draw 15k users to a collaborative fiction—in a few weeks, a movie studio came knocking

The story of Copus (1/9)

(From https://www.copus.io/work/01acce79be524f389655b9658fd3568b)

An inspiration network where creators support each other with shared exposure and earning.

Emerging content creators get the short end of the stick

-Platforms trap creators in toxic relationships
-Algorithms blind consumers
-Copyright is business driven, not creator-oriented

When Handuo graduated film school, he met a now familiar foe

Covid-19

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You can guess how pandemic-era job hunting turned out

As Handuo fought to make a living, he rewrote his master’s thesis as Babel (a short story) to kickstart his art career

This caught the attention of a group of writers

Because of them, he found a new way of creating

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Rick Rubin put it best

“The time for commercial consideration comes after the work is done”

To Handuo and the Babel writers room, no one person thought about owning the idea (copyright)

They just let ideas flow from each other’s ideas

April 2021, their story was finished

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“Treat a dead horse as if it’s alive and maybe a miracle will happen"

死马当活马医 helped Handuo believe

Even when, as a hail-mary, he rewrote his thesis as a short story
Even when the writers room was shot down by every studio
And even when they took a new approach:

Web3

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Copus.io is built on a simple principle

Let inspiration lead creativity

Babel was inspired by Genesis 11:5. @BabelUniverse was inspired by Babel. The 15k members joined to create, to be inspired

Then, late 2022, the production studio approached

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They thought they could see the finish line

But the studio still needed to green-light the project with platforms. It’s been 1.5 years—the project is out of Handuo and team’s hands

They sat back and asked, with this system:

How many other creative minds are being buried?

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Since when has creativity become a privilege? If the existing system makes things so difficult, why don't we create a better one?

So, we did

Copus has redefined the modern creator, outside the copyright paradigm

And now, our solution is here

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Enter Copus, the inspiration network

END OF THREAD, but not the end of our story…

We are still discovering that, with your help—browse Copus and read the full story of how our team got here via the Digital Long Spoon Parable ⬇️ ⬇️

https://www.copus.io/work/01acce79be524f389655b9658fd3568b

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