For remixes, mashups & collaborative work, copyright is impossible. Authors/publishers don't recognize co-creations and new artists risk legal action.
Authors and creators need to have a global system like POCRE where they can get recognized for their creative developments and productions across the world without legislation barriers and censorship.
Managing copyright is a challenge in the digital world, as there is no perfect solution for emerging artists who build on existing works. There continues to be a problematic identification process of who retains authorship, and copyright, surrounding music and digital media that deploys the use of existing works. With trends building around remixes, mashups, intermusical, and intermedia works, authors and publishers continue to debate about who owns the product. For example, creators of original operas that create new and artistic materials by the composition of other materials can never claim the opera as original and gain any rewards, actually, they are sued by the law. Mashup creators or anybody creating an opera without working directly (or knowing) other authors are also subject to this problem. POCRE solves this problem through the authorship acknowledgement of materials that have different authors using a blockchain identification process. Some of the key aspects of the problems being solved relate to the following users within the process:
- 1st Creator: Autonomous authorship management
- Co-Creator: Invited to authorship acknowledgement
- Claimer: Claim authorship acknowledgement
- Litigator: Resolving disputes
By connecting various parties through Cardano, parties are able to interact across a smart contract workflow that allows for complete transparency in the ownership, authorship, and copyright process.
Being globally decentralized, the POCRE solution advances the socio-economic benefits for creators, producers, and consumers alike, outside any authority and autoregulated by the actors themself.
Being fully on-chain and without any third-party custodianship, POCRE is fully autonomous, sustainable and anti-censorship.
SOCIAL KPI:
Goal 10. Reduce inequality within and among countries
10.2 By 2030, empower and promote the social, economic and political inclusion of all, irrespective of age, sex, disability, race, ethnicity, origin, religion or economic or other status
10.2.1 Proportion of people living below 50 per cent of median income, by sex, age and persons with disabilities
The concept is a development that deploys certificates of authorship that can be used for claims of ownership and copyright by using a media identification process. Authors are able to showcase original works that are built on existing works, as evidenced by remixes, mashups, and other intermedia works that deploy collaborative media. By identifying the original works, both dues can be paid on materials that have been used under existing copyright claims, as well as identification of new media that arises from creative development. Besides providing content analysis and verification, the breakthrough involves multi-party authentication management using a blockchain solution. The opera is also stored on an IPFS system and optionally published to social media after it has been approved. As part of the vetting process, users are required to create a POCRE wallet where they receive the official certificates of authorship and ownership, which can be proven on the blockchain.