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If the music is on the blockchain, and the uploader didn't own the rights to distribute the music, isn't every blockchain host commiting copywriter infringement

• chrisco255 5y ago
  > If the music is on the blockchain, and the uploader didn't own the rights to distribute the music, isn't every blockchain host commiting copywriter infringement by distributing the music to anyone that reads the blockchain? Typically what you will find in these scenarios is that front ends hosted in jurisdictions that recognize intellectual property rights will de-list those NFTs upon request. And file providers on Filecoin or Arweave (in said jurisdictions) will unpin them from their hosting services. However, there's no guarantee that given an IPFS hash that a user couldn't find some pinning service to locate the file (just as a determined user could easily find a torrent for a particular MP3). These are agnostic protocols just like HTTP or SMTP. > Don't you still have the ability to listen to the cd post sale because you can always load up an older version of the blockchain where you did own it? The MP3 itself would not be stored on the Ethereum blockchain, as it would be prohibitively expensive to store a multi-megabyte file on there. It would be stored on a separate storage layer, such as Filecoin or Arweave (or even a centralized server). A hash of that file is what would be stored on the Ethereum chain (an IPFS hash).