Blockchain technology has been around for more than ten years,nevertheless,the knowledge about its economic and business implications is still fragmented and heterogeneous.The present article intends to tackle this is...Blockchain technology has been around for more than ten years,nevertheless,the knowledge about its economic and business implications is still fragmented and heterogeneous.The present article intends to tackle this issue with a twofold contribution.The first is an analysis of the shift from economics to tokenomics highlighting the central role played by tokens within blockchain-based ecosystems.The second is a framework for tokens design leveraging a morphological analysis deeply grounded in the literature.As blockchain becomes a mainstream phenomenon,the value of the work proposed lies in lowering the cognitive barriers and in clarifying the space of available options for private and public actors willing to leverage tokenization in their daily operations.展开更多
Intellectual property rights(IPR)management needs to evolve in a digital world where not only companies but also many independent content creators contribute to our culture with their art,music,and videos.In this resp...Intellectual property rights(IPR)management needs to evolve in a digital world where not only companies but also many independent content creators contribute to our culture with their art,music,and videos.In this respect,blockchain has recently emerged as a promising infrastructure,providing a trustworthy and immutable environment through the use of smart contracts,which may enable more agile management of digital rights and streamline royalty payments.However,no widespread consensus has been reached on the ability of this technology to adequately manage and transfer IPR.This paper presents an innovative approach to digital rights management developed within the scope of an international research endeavour co-financed by the European Commission named MediaVerse.The approach proposes the combined usage of smart legal contracts and blockchain smart contracts to take care of the legally binding contractual aspects of IPR and,at the same time,the need for notarization,rights transfer,and royalty payments.The work being conducted represents a contribution to advancing the current literature on IPR management that may lead to an improved and fairer monetization process for content creators as a means of individual empowerment.展开更多
基金This work was conducted in the context of the HELIOS Project,a Horizon 2020 initiative funded by the European Commission(Grant Agreement No.825585).
文摘Blockchain technology has been around for more than ten years,nevertheless,the knowledge about its economic and business implications is still fragmented and heterogeneous.The present article intends to tackle this issue with a twofold contribution.The first is an analysis of the shift from economics to tokenomics highlighting the central role played by tokens within blockchain-based ecosystems.The second is a framework for tokens design leveraging a morphological analysis deeply grounded in the literature.As blockchain becomes a mainstream phenomenon,the value of the work proposed lies in lowering the cognitive barriers and in clarifying the space of available options for private and public actors willing to leverage tokenization in their daily operations.
基金partially funded by the European Commission as part of the MediaVerse project(Horizon 2020 Framework Programme of the European Union under GA number 957252).
文摘Intellectual property rights(IPR)management needs to evolve in a digital world where not only companies but also many independent content creators contribute to our culture with their art,music,and videos.In this respect,blockchain has recently emerged as a promising infrastructure,providing a trustworthy and immutable environment through the use of smart contracts,which may enable more agile management of digital rights and streamline royalty payments.However,no widespread consensus has been reached on the ability of this technology to adequately manage and transfer IPR.This paper presents an innovative approach to digital rights management developed within the scope of an international research endeavour co-financed by the European Commission named MediaVerse.The approach proposes the combined usage of smart legal contracts and blockchain smart contracts to take care of the legally binding contractual aspects of IPR and,at the same time,the need for notarization,rights transfer,and royalty payments.The work being conducted represents a contribution to advancing the current literature on IPR management that may lead to an improved and fairer monetization process for content creators as a means of individual empowerment.
