Re:Apple is sued for telling you that you're “buying” movies
by est31 on Friday April 23, 2021 @07:10AM
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There is no requirement to forefit your rights once you transition away from physical media. E.g. you could trade DVD equivalent rights on a blockchain. The blockchain including the proof that you legitimately own this copy would stick around for as long as people want it to, it wouldn't depend on big tech companies like MS, Sony, etc. I'm not even a blockchain fanatic but this is one of the few good uses of the technology I think.
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Re:Apple is sued for telling you that you're “buying” movies
by teh_klev on Friday April 23, 2021 @07:44AM
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What happens then if the blockchain you rely on as proof of ownership goes away?
Re:Apple is sued for telling you that you're “buying” movies
by est31 on Friday April 23, 2021 @08:00AM
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Blockchains, at least traditionally, work in a way that each full node has a full copy of the entire chain. Anyone can operate a full node. So it goes away when the last person who has kept a copy around somewhere deletes it. That happens way later than relying on a central party and its digital content store that it might close in 5 years (or they might just cancel your account for whatever reason they thought of).