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2019: Launch of audio-visual blockchain project

On October 8, 2019, a joint project between the American digital platform Snark.art and the Austrian composer Volkmar Klien, Sometimes a Thousand Twangling Instruments, became available online. The project allows people from around the world to participate in the creation of audio-visual compositions on the blockchain platform. More details here.

2018

On the blockchain created religion

On May 19, 2018, it was announced the creation of a real religious direction based on the Ethereum blockchain. Its founder is Matt Liston, former CEO of Augur (developing a blockchain-based predictive platform), which he left with a scandal by filing a lawsuit against his employer.

Liston spoke about his religion based on a blockchain called "0xΩ," distributing 40 leaflets describing the principle of the work of a new cult. According to Liston, "0xΩ" has a structure that allows you to quickly change religious beliefs, as well as democratize relations between its members.

The founder of Augur creates the religion 0xΩ on Ethereum

The main idea is that when using the blockchain, there is no need for clerical guidance. Many modern religions have a chapter, be it the pope, the Dalai Lama or the chief rabbi, and the average follower has negligible influence on the foundations of his religion. Although Liston founded religion, he clearly does not consider himself its head and rejects all possible titles.

As for "0xΩ," its followers will be able to discuss all the dogmas of faith and for what purposes to use the donated funds. Studies show that people more generously give donations when they know exactly what their money will go to. And since the blockchain is quite widespread and poorly hacked, it can become an ideal platform for followers of the new religion who want to speak themselves and give the right to vote to others. If believers cannot agree, "0xΩ" will simply fall into branches.

Liston claims that it will not receive financial benefits from the development of 0xΩ and, after the official launch of the project at the end of 2018, plans to donate a fairly large amount of money. Then it will become clear whether the new religion will have other followers.^[1]

Blockchain in the music industry

Many musicians actively turn to the blockchain for the legal distribution of works over the Internet. PeerTracks and Ujo Music are trying to solve this problem by organizing direct deductions to copyright holders and using smart contracts.

The music industry was at a technological crossroads. The main problem is to accurately track which tracks download or listen online. Another topical question is how to simplify the distribution of music, and at the same time figure out how many musicians, songwriters and copyright holders should receive for each of the listened compositions^[2]

The blockchain technology turned out to be a potential solution. After all, in fact, this is a distributed registry that checks the validity of transactions. Which, accordingly, can create registration records without the participation of any third parties.

The use of any compositions on radio, television or concerts and subsequent payments to the owners of the corresponding copyright is monitored by a large-scale network of copyright societies (PRO). But the fashionable blockchain, which has long become cramped in the banking sector, is able to revolutionize the music industry. This technology creates a decentralized trusted registry that can potentially provide instant and absolutely transparent royalties to music creators - directly from fans. The solution underlying Bitcoin's existence can help the modern music market cope with a huge number of problems:

• Minimize delays associated with data collection
• optimize payments to performers;
• Eliminate errors that still exist in the field of music license rights.

The company BUBUKA"," which provides legal music, began settlements with copyright holders on the blockchain platform in December 2017. The system allows you to make instant transactions, it is completely transparent and makes it possible to split the payment between several rights holders.

Blockchain used to distribute illegal content

According to German scientists, the blockchain technology underlying Bitcoin can be used to distribute illegal or malicious^[3] data^{[4][5][6][7][8][9][10]}.

At the Financial Cryptography and Data Security conference, scientists at the Rhine-Westphalian Technical University of Aachen and Goethe University presented a paper entitled "Quantitative Analysis of the Impact of Arbitrary Blockchain Content on Bitchin." According to the researchers, they identified 1,600 files added to the blockchain. 59 of them contained references to child pornography, politically sensitive information and confidential data.

In addition to the distribution of illegal content, blockchain can also be used to distribute malware, scientists say. Interpol warned about this possibility three years ago, but so far there have been no cases of the distribution of malware through the blockchain.

"Despite the potential benefit of data in the blockchain, the introduction of controversial content could jeopardize all Bitcoin network members, since such unwanted content is immutable and locally replicated by each Bitcoin network node as legitimate data," the researchers explained.

2017

Music societies turned to blockchain to protect copyright

At once, three leading world organizations joined forces to create a new blockchain platform designed to help them protect the copyright of music artists, according to the CryptoCoinsNews^[11].

The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), the French Society of Music Authors, Composers and Publishers (SACEM) and PRS for Music, a British copyright society engaged in collective management of the rights to musical works, are working together to create a new innovative blockchain-based system for copyright protection.

According to CEO PRS for Music Robert Ashcroft, blockchain technology opens up new opportunities and allows you to solve long-standing problems of the music industry.

- The digital market requires real-time reporting, which is what many market participants around the world need. If the blockchain helps us achieve this, we will open up opportunities for developers of new digital applications, make the payment of royalties more accurate and give more value to copyright holders, "said Robert Ashcroft.

Part of the upcoming work will be a combination of two main methods of identifying music - the international standard recording code (ISRC) and the international standard code for musical works (ISWC).

Both of these standards position themselves as unique identifiers of music recordings that facilitate tracking their playback. With the help of blockchain, music societies can make the process of submitting information better and faster, which, in the end, will benefit performers.

It should, however, be noted that all these efforts are primarily focused on the interests of rights holders and do not affect issues such as fairer and faster payments to executors.

In February 2017, a partnership was announced between the music blockchain project dotBlockchain and SOCAN, MediaNet, Songtrust, CD Baby and FUGA. The purpose of the DotBC project is to use blockchain technology to solve such problems of the music industry as copyright infringement, property rights and payment for the use of musical works.

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