Missed this yesterday.
The Fyre Festival “brand and its intellectual property rights” sold on Ebay.
For $245,000.
What’s Included in the Sale:
✅ Brand Name
✅ Registered Trademarks & Intellectual Property
✅ Official Social Media Accounts (including verified Instagram)
✅ Comprehensive Marketing Assets (photos, videos, graphic templates, ad archives)
✅ FYRE Festival Domains
✅ Caribbean Festival Location Option (with full support from elected island leadership)
✅ Behind-the-Scenes Content & Documentary Footage
✅ Email & SMS Lists
✅ Artist & Talent Relationships
✅ Extensive Media Coverage Archive
✅ Access to Core Team (optional)
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(Not eligible for eBay purchase protection programs)
Here’s the listing. I tried to archive it, but it didn’t come out properly.
…simply own one of the most infamous cultural IPs in the world…
I have a pretty low opinion of Billy McFarland and the Fyre Festival brand, but props to whoever wrote the listing for using “infamous” correctly. That’s such a rare thing these days, I feel like it needs to be called out when it happens.