ISO establishes Working Group for the International Standard Content Code
On its annual meeting on 8 May 2019 in Ottawa, ISO/TC 46/SC 9 decided to accept the International Standard Content Code (ISCC) as a Preliminary Work Item (PWI) and to establish a working group with experts from various countries and media sectors to continue the joint...
Decentralization and Scarcity — Blockchain and the Cultural Industries
Abstract In 2008, Satoshi Nakamoto published a paper called “Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System”. This publication triggered a revolution in banking and the financial industries. The dynamics of innovation initiated by the latest developments of blockchain...
Content Blockchain Project honored with the ‘digital publishing award’ 2019
The Content Blockchain Project is the winner of the ‘digital publishing award’ 2019 in the category ‘startups’. The collaborative initiative has been awarded in recognition for its ambition to trigger digital innovation in the publishing industry by promoting a...
Network Event at Frankfurt Bookfair 2018
At Frankfurt Bookfair 2018 (13 October 2018) the Content Blockchain Project invited publishers, innovators, executives, developers and other stakeholders of the media industry to a networking event during the THEARTS+ conference.We had the opportunity to...
Network-Event auf der Frankfurter Buchmesse 2018
Auf der Frankfurter Buchmesse 2018 (am 13. Oktober 2018) lud das Content Blockchain Project Verlage,, Führungskräfte, Entwickler und andere Interessierte der Medienbranche zu einem Networking-Event im Rahmen der THEARTS+-Konferenz ein.Wir hatten die...
What is a Smart License?
Smart Licenses are legal representations that will allow rights owners a simple means to offer and trade content globally in a secure and reliable, open and transparent, automated and machine-readable way on the Content Blockchain.
Content Identification on the Content Blockchain — The International Standard Content Code (ISCC)
The ISCC is defined as an open and decentralized digital media identifier, unambiguously identifying digital content. It is a unique, hierarchically structured composite identifier, that is generated algorithmically and in a decentralized way.
Building Blocks for the Content Community – Blockchain und Verlage
Blockchain ist eine Zukunftstechnologie und ein Hype, bei dem sich spontane Erwartungshaltung und fachliche Unkenntnis auf eine einzigartige Weise verbinden. Die Faszination ist groß, aber nur wenige Spezialisten wissen, was sich hinter den Begriffen wie Bitcoin oder...
Buying Books with Bitcoin
At 'Boekhandel Hijman Ongerijmd' in Arnhem (NL) you will not only find a nice bookshop run by friendly booksellers, but you can also pay for books with Bitcoin. In the context of an ambitious campaign "Arnhem Bitcoinstad - 's Werelds meest Bitcoin...
E-Lending Without Licensing Agreement? Onleihe ohne Lizenzvertrag?
Another interesting decision by the European Court of Justice regarding the e-lending of digital content through libraries: "The lending of an electronic book (e-book) may, under certain conditions, be treated in the same way as the lending of a traditional book. In...