Digital Assets, Timestamping & Copyright Protection

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China’s Ant Group releases digital copyright platform on AntChain

  • AntChain combines blockchain technology with AI to enable creators to securely authenticate and verify all kinds of original content — whether video, image-based or written material.
  • The platform generates a unique, tamper-proof digital copyright certification and notary stamp for each work that is uploaded into its database.
  • The certifications are designed to be valid for use in copyright infringement and tort cases.
  • The company claims that these services can save their users 95% in costs typically associated with obtaining copyright registration and certification.
  • AntChain’s platform incorporates digital ID and search services to help creators more efficiently track and detect possible copyright infringement.
  • Some 10 million original works are already being uploaded and certified each day on the new platform, according to AntChain.
  • AntChain’s platform generates smart contracts that record and automatically distribute revenue due to the network’s musicians and rights distributors.

Since 2015, when it began to work with blockchain solutions, Ant Group has developed its own increasingly sophisticated platforms that join the technology with AI and the Internet of Things, as well as backing blockchain research and development overseas.

https://cointelegraph.com/news/china-s-ant-group-releases-digital-copyright-platform-on-antchain

WordPress content can now be timestamped on Ethereum

The plugin, WordProof can help with copyright issues, proof of who created a piece of content, and to reassure readers it has not been altered.

  • Timestamping is important because it provides a unique fingerprint, or hash, for the latest version of the content which has been added to the blockchain.
  • This provides proof that the owner of the content created it, and it has not been edited or tampered with.
  • Additionally, the website has proof of publishing time, which can be used for potential copyright conflicts.

WordPress currently powers around 37% of all websites and has a 60% share of the CMS market.

The official WordPress site itself already has three pages of plugins categorized as crypto.

https://cointelegraph.com/news/wordpress-content-can-now-be-timestamped-on-ethereum

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