Contracting the Commons

Nic Weber

 

This poster presents my ongoing work in using blockchain-backed decentralized applications to create what are known as "smart-contracts.” I suggest a number of ways that these applications can help to protect shared intellectual property rights in digital commons, and in turn how this can lead to sustainable collective action. This poster describes the motivation for using smart-contracts in this setting, and provides three use-cases: public digital libraries, research data archives, and music sharing networks.

 

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