Digital rights have lost many a battle to pirates.
Now pirates can be looking for illegal works because of a bounty that is in the blockchain that is two fold. Security for owners of digital products and if pirated a reward if found, bitcoin!
"uses the Bitcoin blockchain to turn the downloaders of pirated files anonymously against the uploaders." from Custos home page.
At Quartz magazine African edition this article by Joon Ian Wong, explains in more detail:
https://qz.com/1028528/custos-startup-uses-bitcoin-bounties-to-make-pirates-rat-on-one-another/?mc_cid=81ed903b95&mc_eid=e49e480a08
We use imperceptible watermarking technology and the Bitcoin blockchain to protect digital media files from online piracy. https://custostech.com/
Streaming platforms still have a challenge ahead to solve,
Can/will a blockchain software solution be used by the HBO's of the future ?
Do you know of any other companies utilizing blockchain software to protect digital rights?