- From: Joseph Potvin <jpotvin@opman.ca>
- Date: Tue, 13 May 2014 20:31:35 -0400
- To: Poor Richard <poor.ricardo@gmail.com>, Web Payments CG <public-webpayments@w3.org>
Richard, A digital commodity such as a bitcoin is divisible but not editable. A digital literary work is both divisible and editable. There are ways to automate some rights tracking: http://osi.xwiki.com/bin/Projects/draft-flow-syllabus#HManagementofIntellectualProvenance28IP29Responsibilities The issue of what is a derivative work is a matter of reasoned judgement, so I would recommend that the generic use case is best left to people to determine. Joseph Potvin Operations Manager, The Opman Company jpotvin@opman.ca On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 7:58 PM, Poor Richard <poor.ricardo@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello RWW and Web Payments CG, > > Can bitcoin-style block chain protocols support an alternative form of > intellectual property and personal data management? For example, whenever we > create social media content or provide personal data, our > authorship/ownership of that digital material and the publishing transaction > might be documented via some block chain protocol. Besides a "timestamp" any > thing we post might get an automatic "authorship" stamp (and optionally an > ownership rights stamp) that would follow that data forever. > > What about a similar approach to micropayments? > > Both of these applications would beg the question, what is the minimal > viable block chain for the level of security required -- becuase the number > of transactions might be in the billions per day. > > PR > > -- Joseph Potvin Operations Manager | Gestionnaire des opérations The Opman Company | La compagnie Opman http://www.projectmanagementhotel.com/projects/opman-portfolio jpotvin@opman.ca Mobile: 819-593-5983 LinkedIn (Google short URL): http://goo.gl/Ssp56
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