Re: [projectvrm] An author's personal IP store in the cloud

["Larry W. Smith" < >]

I expect we’ll see block chaining technology (aka, Bitcoin) being used to 
establish authenticity of digital goods. It won’t prohibit duplication, but 
it will create a new class of goods with value.



> On Feb 2, 2015, at 4:02 PM, Dean Landsman 
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> Substitute "musician" for "author" and there are numerous attempts at doing 
> just that.
> 
> The pervading problem is that once the material (writings or music or 
> whatever) becomes accessible, it falls prey to duplication. Watermarks and 
> other such tools exist to prevent misuse, but to read or to listen to 
> content falls into a different category.  A watermark on a picture gives it 
> a visual stamp.  Watermark on a page of written content is not a preventive 
> measure.
> 
> Photoshop experts can deftly undo most, if not all,watermarks.
> 
> Other software to remove watermarks or encryption also render them useless. 
>  Screen capture, video/audio capture, and then distribution via torrents, 
> or all other manner of duplication and distribution exist.
> 
> In the music example there are some artists who have successfully prolonged 
> their careers using what is often characterized as outreach to the long 
> tail, meaning their fans, ever so dispersed throughout the planet.  Janis 
> Ian, for one.  There are writers who charge for access to their sites or 
> sell eBooks or both.
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> In either case it is an uphill climb.
> 
> --Dean
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> On 2/2/2015 1:15 PM, Crosbie Fitch wrote:
>> Wouldn't it be great if an author could have some place in the cloud where
>> they could put all their intellectual property, all their novels, poems,
>> reviews, etc.
>> 
>> And moreover, it'd be great if this place let them control who could access
>> their IP, and control who could share it with whom.
>> 
>> Obviously, it'd be important to ensure that if any sharing did occur by
>> those the author had permitted to do so, that it was secured with
>> unbreakable public key encryption technology - to prevent eavesdroppers
>> obtaining their property without permission.
>> 
>> Then, the author might make a living once again, instead of everyone
>> stealing their property as they do today.
>> 
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