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The DAO is the distributer of the intellectual property. The DAO receives payments directly from the customer and redistributes the revenue. But sure, a compan
by Kranar 6y ago
The DAO is the distributer of the intellectual property. The DAO receives payments directly from the customer and redistributes the revenue.
But sure, a company as big as Disney could setup an alternative distribution system and market it. So presumably a DAO for publishing would not be too effective if it represented only a single publication. But if you had a DAO that distributed a large number of works, then it would get progressively harder and harder for any single company to subvert it.
- pyrale 6y agoThe issue with that specific topic is that the DAO you describe would actually run against the right holders' interests, and therefore, they would have no interest in promoting or using it in the first place. In that specific situation, it would be against Disney's interests to agree to using it.
- Kranar 6y agoFair point. What interest is there beyond the revenue distributed by the DAO? Disney's interest is in marketing the DAO so that customers purchase from it, the authors have an interest in producing content to get marketed. What would Disney be against that?
- pyrale 6y ago> Disney's interest is in marketing the DAO so that customers purchase from it There is little chance that having comics paid through the DAO would make new customers. The authors have an interest in the thing considering the event we're discussing, sure, but authors rarely get to choose their terms. Disney, as an IP holder, or publishers, currently are in a situation of power, and it would be foolish for them to pay into a new system for no tangible benefit.