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A DRM Solution for Online Content Using Blockchain - A Music Perspective

Authors:
Ahmed Gomaa

Keywords: Blockchain; Cryptocurrency; Digital Rights Management; Public Key; Private Key.

Abstract:
Abstract—The amount of piracy in the streaming and static digital content in general and the music industry specifically is posing a challenge to digital content owners. This paper proposes a Digital Rights Management (DRM) framework to monetize, track, and control online content across platforms. The system addresses the need to lower the barriers of entry for music bands, content reconciliation for royalty payments, and control the content after dissemination. The paper benefits from the current advances in Blockchain and cryptocurrencies. Specifically, the paper presents a digital currency (Asset Assertion (AA) token) on a permission-based Blockchain to enable the secure dissemination and tracking of the digital content. The proposed framework provides the content owner the ability to control the flow of information even after he/she releases it, by creating a secure, self-installed, cross-platform reader located on the digital content file header.

Pages: 11 to 14

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2019

Publication date: July 28, 2019

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-3484

ISBN: 978-1-61208-732-0

Location: Nice, France

Dates: from July 28, 2019 to August 2, 2019