If I remember from what I read about Decent and Naughty America, they have some type of solution for copyrighted content.
If Decent truly has a "solution" to this as a filmmaker in the Hollywood space (with a blockchain project) I can assure you that it will not be decentralized. And if it is "decentralized" it will not be very efficient at scale. There will be ways to get around this solution as there are ways to get around YouTube's and Google Search's solutions to stopping copyright material. Which again can be done and these entities have Billions of Dollars in funding with highly sophisticated algorithms not thousands of Bitcoin.
And you know what's even more interesting? Decentralization of content is not even the biggest pain point in Hollywood or American content at least. As a matter of fact I can argue its not even that big of a deal compared to other serious and measurable paint points. I know they are not really focused on this market but it is where all the real money is at. YouTube as a standalone company is worth $80 Billion and that is because of its American Millennial audience and content creators.
I imagine the solution being something like, whoever uploads it first has rights over it.
THanks Chris for the continued conversation. I do not know how that criteria would be helpful especially if we are talking about content that "premieres" on another platform and is taken down from there and uploaded to DECENT? Or slightly older content or newish content? Remember DECENT is not well known already and it cannot be assumed that it will automatically become the case.
Worst case scenarios should be assumed as that will allow us to gauge the real viability of a technology or value proposition.
If current content creators and providers decide to premiere their content somewhere else and it is taken down and uploaded to DECENT before the actual owners that methodology as an upload criteria would become very problematic. At least as an appeal to content creators. I'm not too sure its DECENT's plan. I honestly do not know their plan.
Many who know me and our project have pointed me to DECENT in terms of other projects that are in the content space. I actually think its cool that there are others trying to tackle content specifically visual content as there is a lot blockchain technologies can do in this space. Its a very big industry so there is space for many winners. And like any start up in the tech space you need a target demographic that can be defined and a value proposition that will onboard them. I look forward to seeing that with DECENT.
Well, in terms of Naughty America, I'm thinking that since they will be the one first with the original content, the first uploading it. Once they uploaded, others cannot upload the same file. Of course people can do other things to overcome that, like putting them in a 7zip file.
But right now people get their content for free in various places on the internet. And they're still alive because there are plenty of people still willing to pay for it.
In terms of other uploading their content cheaper, I think most users, humans in general, if they have to pay will give the money to the company that's making videos. Especially since the prices are going to be lowered with the fact that Decent makes it cheaper for such a company to publish a movie.
The one thing that really can make Decent successful is if the average person finds an easy way of using cash to purchase Decent content. Maybe such a company like the one we're using as an example can sell directly using cash that gets converted to DCTs.
Ok thanks for the clarification. I see what you mean there. I'm glad you at least understand there are ways around it. In addition to other use cases that may actually deter content creators from a decentralized content platform.
I'm also glad you acknowledge the reality that platforms that actually support paying content are crucial to "free" streaming or torrent platforms survival. As someone who plays in both arenas I can tell you they are both needed at a certain ration in the market. You simply cannot make the highest quality content if everyone gets it for free or free with ads that do not go to the actual content creator. But at the same time content creators who make high quality content need better monetization models that get their content into the hands of consumers fast
and at the right price for growth.
I will not comment on what can or cannot make DECENT successful as I do not know their target audience for the content creator side or consumer side. I will say this though as an American... If you are leading your platforms content acquisition with Porn content? You are shooting yourself in the foot. There is a reason why Netflix, Amazon, Google Play, Apple TV and other top notch content platforms in the space stay far far far away from outright porn for as long as they can...
Why or why Decent would ever look to that market to start with is beyond me. But as I say I do not know who their target market is. But I will say that porn does not make a content platform scale AT ALL. In my opinion it will actually kill a platform that wants to be used by mainstream consumers. Especially if your marketed by word of mouth that porn is a main stay on the platform... You will get killed by the mainstream (At least in America). And your competition will be more than happy to make sure their customers know this about you if you ever even thought about stepping into the market and competing.
I really do want to know who they are getting their content acquisition consultation from. I hope its not just anyone who shows up wanting to use our tech first is who we will work with. But hey maybe they know something I don't. Guess we will see.
I'm actually the North American ambassador for DECENT. I'm dual American/Canadian (one parent from each), but I grew up in Virginia, so I feel confident saying I'm familiar with American culture.
I don't think the porn thing will be a problem. Foremost, I think you're drastically underestimating the influence porn wields over the tech sector; VHS, DVD and Blu-ray were chosen by the porn industry. When it comes to emerging technology behind content distribution, their horse usually wins. That's the point I was making in
this article, which is geared towards a tech audience.
That's obviously not the point I'd be making to my very Protestant grandparents in the Midwest, though. We can make different arguments to different audiences, and I probably wouldn't mention Naughty America, at all. Competition could attempt to smear us with it, but that didn't really work against VHS, DVD or Blu-ray. Porn is not the primary focus, as others are planning to use DECENT technology for content distribution, such as news outlets like NewsBTC.
In terms of compensation for content creators, they can get almost all of the proceeds, because there is no middleman. They choose if content is free or not, and at the protocol level, they just have to pay the miners. They also cannot be censored.
Consumers who long for something more mainstream will inevitably be catered to with centralized services layered on top of the DECENT protocol that filter out "offensive" content, and they might charge their own little fees for that. DECENT's team will probably help develop such services, maybe even getting some revenue that way. They also own DCT, which would go up in value if many people used DECENT because they're required to do so.
You're correct that people sneakily uploading another author's content before that author gets the chance to is a problem, however. At Naughty America's behest, DECENT is developing a way to flag IP violations, but I'm not yet sure how they intend to tackle the first-to-upload issue. It will definitely be an ongoing battle with people trying to work around their solutions, but that's not so different from the traditional, centralized model, really. They only have to beat that, not be perfect.
I'm not too aware of the other cryptocurrency's involved with content distribution, however. I find it unlikely that anybody has a foolproof solution, but I'm always curious to learn about such things.