Camp Network partners with Minto to accelerate IP licensing and monetization

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As a decentralized platform aimed at the future of IP and AI, Camp Network recently completed a co-creation event with Minto Inc., one of Japan's largest IP creators. In just five weeks, thousands of unique IPs were created and submitted for licensing, demonstrating how blockchain can significantly shorten and simplify the intellectual property licensing process, greatly reducing time and friction compared to traditional paths.

The current IP licensing ecosystem is notorious for its slowness and fragmentation. Creators often need months or even years of negotiations, paperwork, and intermediaries to reach a licensing agreement. Licensing a book typically takes 6 to 12 months; music royalties often take over 9 months to reach the artist; and licensing for movies or TV shows can be delayed for more than a year. Complex contracts, unclear attributions, and delayed royalty payments make small transactions nearly impossible to execute, preventing most creators from effectively monetizing their work. In contrast, the activity between Camp Network and Minto shows that creators can complete IP remixing, distribute licensed content, and monetize it in just a few weeks.

"This collaboration with Minto marks a turning point in how IP operates in the digital age. For decades, creators and fans have been excluded from the licensing process because it is too slow, expensive, and reliant on gatekeepers. Through Camp, we are proving that IP can now thrive on-chain, embedding provenance, licensing, and royalty distribution directly at the protocol level," said James Chi, co-founder and co-CEO of Camp Network. "We are building the foundation for a global co-creation economy, enabling any creator to collaborate with large IPs, reach audiences instantly, and share the value they help create."

The event with Minto invited global creators to create derivative works based on its iconic character, Mimi & Neko. This character has achieved 5 billion downloads of stickers on digital platforms like LINE and WeChat, with over 60 billion GIF plays. Selected works are officially licensed and monetized on-chain through REMASTER (Camp's co-creation IP licensing engine). Camp demonstrated how its on-chain infrastructure can quickly simplify approvals, enforce provenance, and unlock monetization faster than traditional systems.

"The lesson from this event is simple: when rights are programmable, creativity multiplies. REMASTER allows creators and IP holders to collaborate confidently at internet speed while ensuring everyone receives attribution and compensation," said Max Curnin, co-founder of REMASTER. "Working with Camp makes provenance an attribute of the asset itself, rather than a promise. Once licensing is on-chain, distribution is no longer a bottleneck. This is just the beginning."

Camp Network is also driving more creator projects, such as Bitbrand—a high-end digital collectibles platform for iOS. Bitbrand has become an official licensor, allowing winning creators' derivative works to be showcased directly on iPhones and Apple Watches, turning fan creations into visible, monetizable assets.

"The feedback from our collaboration with Minto has become a key case validating our core argument for on-chain intellectual property," said Nirav Murthy, co-founder of Camp Network. "We believe this is just the starting point for applications and implementations, and it will expand to more creative platforms in the future. Users are one step closer to truly owning, controlling, and scaling the monetization of their creations."

Another flagship co-creation project from Camp is TRaiLHEADS—a band consisting of six animated characters based on Camp's TrailHeads IP. This project will release licensed tracks, visuals, and story assets that can be legally remixed, allowing partners and fans to use Camp's provenance proof and templated licensing for remixing. Fans can unlock tasks, remix songs, collect band accessories, and mint music directly on-chain. Each song is registered through the Origin IP licensing framework and distributed via the m AI trix AI agent framework, making TRaiLHEADS not just a story, but a blueprint for music IP being created, shared, and owned on-chain.

The event with Minto continues the momentum of Camp's mainnet launch, which marks an important step in establishing verifiable, programmable intellectual property on-chain. With more high-end events and large IP collaborations on the horizon, Camp is doubling down on its efforts to transform content into composable infrastructure, empowering creators, fans, and developers to build the future of digital ownership together.

About Camp Network

Camp Network is an Autonomous IP Layer aimed at the future of IP and AI. As a Layer-1 blockchain, Camp is pioneering the Proof of Provenance Protocol, embedding IP registration, licensing, and royalty distribution directly at the execution layer while optimizing workflows for AI agents. Users can tokenize, fine-tune, and deploy AI agents for any form of IP and make it available on-chain for broader ecosystem use.

About REMASTER

REMASTER accelerates IP licensing through an on-chain platform, simplifying rights management, negotiations, and royalty payments using smart contracts. As a strategic partner in Camp Network's collaboration with Minto, REMASTER enables creators to easily manage and monetize content, providing transparent and immediate income opportunities. REMASTER is setting new standards for digital IP monetization, reshaping complex licensing workflows into a clear, scalable global creator experience.