I think Kodakcoin does provide a service that's required. It solves the problem of photographers earning money for their photographs without having them stolen or distributed on the internet with no way to trace.
It's the mining operation Kodak just launched that is ridiculous to me.
That service already exists here on Steemit. Upload a picture into a post, and it is locked forever in the blockchain, irrefutable proof that it is your photo (if it doesn't already exist online) because it is time stamped and cannot be edited after seven days. Kodak is trying to centralize this concept around their brand, which is totally an oxymoron of decentralization.
That is true, I hadn't thought of it that way!
Thanks for you're opinion.
@blck0 you also have this: https://binded.com/
Personalty, didn't try it yet but seems the same.
And @briggsy habing something locked in the blockchain has nothing to do with copyright. Nevertheless, treating digital art as something unique (like cryptocurrency that can't be copied, which would go against it's purpose) may be one way to do it, who knows.
I know that locking something on the blockchain doesn't mean it is copyrighted, but rather in the case of someone arguing that you stole their work when it was your own, the blockchain allows a person to defend their right to ownership, and thus Steemit serves that purpose.
To be fair there is no way to prevent something digital from being copied. every time it's accessed on the internet it is copied. encryption does help solve this for 99% of users, but that doesn't require blockchain to do, you are correct.
If anything, Kodakcoin only helps to immortalize the Kodak brand name for an otherwise dinosaur brand. Kodak really did try to keep up with their Kodak share and series of printers and digital cameras.
Yea and they're bringing ektachrome back to life as trial sell this year. I wish they done that some years ago when I had time to shoot film :p
Wouldn't something like po.et be better?
So how does that prevent me from stealing a photograph though? People will still use photos that aren’t theirs...
It won't completely stop it but it should limit the amount that happens.
Will at least make it easier to charge and pay for it. Some people don't pay royalties because it's too freaking more complicated than just downloading it.
Cut and paste is still alive and well
The problem with the entier idea is that you cannot 100% prevent someone from copying any picture posten online. And why whould anyone buy something that can be copyed? Now ofc if you want the high resolution , none compressed picture thats another story, but still. And as @briggsy pointed out, similar services exist alreaddy that can do the same thing.
But you know what? why not make another crypto token, because there is manny thats is looking for any new coin or token to get theyre hands on early so they can ride the first wave to sell later. Even fraud coins like Bitconnect is still alive, because aslong as there is a price increse to at least one top, thats all that is needed. And now BitConnectX is comming. And people wil buy it.