This post is a transcript of a presentation that was given on 22 April 2021 at the LUISS Law School during a webinar on “Rules and Tools: Exceptions and technologies in the DSM Directive” within the activities of BILL Blockchain, artificial Intelligence and digital innovation Law Lab. With this post…

Motivation Why do we need content certification? What we are seeing at this moment is the convergence of a number of independent developments that will shape the future of digital media publishing and underscore the need for content certification: Disinformation and Fake News Digital media content is ubiquitous, online. Songs, videos, texts and images are…

By Sebastian Posth — Abstract In 2008, Satoshi Nakamoto published a paper called “Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System”. This publication triggered a revolution in banking and the financial industries. The dynamics of innovation initiated by the latest developments of blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies will not be without consequences for the cultural sector. Adding a…

By Sebastian Posth The Content Blockchain Project is building the foundational tools that enable journalists, publishers, and media start-ups to create new innovative products, services and business models in the open blockchain economy. The fundamental idea behind the Content Blockchain Project was to create the technical foundation for a trading…

By Sebastian Posth The Content Blockchain Project is building the foundational tools that enable journalists, publishers, and media start-ups to create new innovative products, services and business models in the open blockchain economy. The fundamental idea behind the Content Blockchain Project was to create the technical foundation for a trading…

Papierbücher können weiterverkauft werden, E-Books nicht: dagegen möchte Justizminister Thomas Kutschaty vorgehen. Ich habe diese Initiative der Landesregierung von Nordrhein-Westfalen zum Anlass genommen habe, mich in einem längeren Post mit der Frage nach dem Dateneigentum bei eBooks auseinanderzusetzen. …

Golem berichtete zum Jahresende über eine politische Initiative für den Weiterverkauf von Ebooks. Papierbücher könnten weiterverkauft werden, Ebooks hingegen nicht: Gegen diesen Unterschied wolle die Landesregierung Nordrhein-Westfalen nun vorgehen. Die Debatte über einen digitalen Gebrauchtmarkt ist nicht neu, und sie wird international schon lange geführt (in Deutschland und den Niederlanden…