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Comment by grumbel

4 years ago

Libraries exist. You don't need Sony when you can proof ownership. Getting a hold of a movie has never been the problem, redistributing it legally is and NFTs make that possible, even without Sony's approval.

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shakna  4 years ago

This is part of why distribution platforms all have their own cut. You don't own a copy of the movie. You own a copy of a _specific_ movie that was carried by Sony's streaming service and not a library.

If the distributor isn't distributing, then there's no legal way to get it. And NFTs don't contain the item purchased. It changes exactly nothing about the situation.

  • grumbel  4 years ago

    > If the distributor isn't distributing, then there's no legal way to get it.

    Many countries already require that a copy of every book published has to be send to the national library:

    * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_deposit

    Just extend that to digital media.

    > It changes exactly nothing about the situation.

    NFT provide you with a transferable proof of ownership. That's a pretty ginormous piece of the puzzle that is missing right now when it comes to digital content. How to download a copy is quite a trivial problem by comparison.