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Blockchain and the Law: The Rule of Code

102 points by raleighm 9y ago

WhoIsSatoshi 9y ago
strongly welcome this type of content, and this kind of talk - there are many unknowns and we are oft running wild with something that should benefit from a better integration with the legal system - for the outside legal boundaries, and for the inner integration with a world that still hears "Magic-Internet-Money" every time someone mentions Bitcoin
bdcravens 9y ago
This is just a signup form for an upcoming streamed talk. No real content here.
jeffschofield 9y ago
This is what I've been pondering about in regards to general decentralization. For instance, I see the pieces of a decentralized version of YouTube laying around waiting to be put together, but I know such a platform could easily lend itself to piracy without some sort of regulation. I do not understand enough about regulatory systems to confidently suggest a solution but I am excited to read and hear what others think about this.
- armenarmen 9y ago
  https://d.tube/ https://d.tube/ is a decentralized version of YouTube. I'm not active there, but from what little ive seen it's mainly OC
  - sharemywin 9y ago
    How does it handle child porn and terrorist beheading? I don't really want my kids watching it. Let alone kids gaming videos that cuss too much. To me youtube doesn't do enough to manage it's content.
    - hobofan 9y ago
      Downvote it. It won't disappear, but it then shouldn't appear organically (sidebar suggestions etc.) anymore.
      - acdha 9y ago
        Is that a joke? It’s grossly inadequate for handling distasteful but legal material (remember GamerGate?), let alone actual illegal content. The people who want it (or their bots) are far more likely to upvote things in greater number than everyone else is to seek it out for downvoting.
criddell 9y ago
There was a recent story about potential poisoning of the blockchain. If a prankster embeds some illegal content in the blockchain, would having a copy of the blockchain be illegal? I read a few stories about it but never saw any legal analysis. Is there a way to do a consensual removal of poisoned blocks?

102 points by raleighm 9y ago

strongly welcome this type of content, and this kind of talk - there are many unknowns and we are oft running wild with something that should benefit from a better integration with the legal system - for the outside legal boundaries, and for the inner integration with a world that still hears "Magic-Internet-Money" every time someone mentions Bitcoin

bdcravens 9y ago

This is just a signup form for an upcoming streamed talk. No real content here.

jeffschofield 9y ago

This is what I've been pondering about in regards to general decentralization. For instance, I see the pieces of a decentralized version of YouTube laying around waiting to be put together, but I know such a platform could easily lend itself to piracy without some sort of regulation. I do not understand enough about regulatory systems to confidently suggest a solution but I am excited to read and hear what others think about this.

armenarmen 9y ago
https://d.tube/ https://d.tube/ is a decentralized version of YouTube. I'm not active there, but from what little ive seen it's mainly OC
- sharemywin 9y ago
  How does it handle child porn and terrorist beheading? I don't really want my kids watching it. Let alone kids gaming videos that cuss too much. To me youtube doesn't do enough to manage it's content.
  - hobofan 9y ago
    Downvote it. It won't disappear, but it then shouldn't appear organically (sidebar suggestions etc.) anymore.
    - acdha 9y ago
      Is that a joke? It’s grossly inadequate for handling distasteful but legal material (remember GamerGate?), let alone actual illegal content. The people who want it (or their bots) are far more likely to upvote things in greater number than everyone else is to seek it out for downvoting.

criddell 9y ago

There was a recent story about potential poisoning of the blockchain. If a prankster embeds some illegal content in the blockchain, would having a copy of the blockchain be illegal? I read a few stories about it but never saw any legal analysis. Is there a way to do a consensual removal of poisoned blocks?