Visibility and digital art: Blockchain as an ownership layer on the Internet

McConaghy, Masha; McMullen, Greg; Parry, Glenn; McConaghy, Trent; Holtzman, David

Abstract

© 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Visibility of digital art and its ownership can be achieved using blockchain technology as part of a broader solution for the identification, attribution, and payment for digital work. A case study is provided of a firm using the Bitcoin blockchain as part of an integrated solution to identify and authenticate ownership of digital property. An integrated ownership ledger allows for secure attribution, transfer, and provenance of digital property. Blockchain technology enables limited-edition digital property, while Internet-scale web crawl and machine learning shows where and how works are being used on the Internet.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jul 22, 2017
• Online Publication Date: Sep 21, 2017
• Publication Date: Sep 1, 2017
• Deposit Date: Jul 24, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Sep 21, 2019
• Journal: Strategic Change
• Print ISSN: 1099-1697
• Publisher: Wiley
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 26
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 461-470
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/jsc.2146
• Keywords: blockchain, visibility, art, provenance, digital art
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/882190
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jsc.2146
• Additional Information: Additional Information : This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: McConaghy, M., McMullen, G., Parry, G., McConaghy, T. and Holtzman, D. and @ascribeIO (2017) Visibility and digital art: Blockchain as an ownership layer on the internet. Strategic Change: Briefings in Entrepreneurial Finance, 26 (5). pp. 461-470, which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jsc.2146. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.; Corporate Creators : @ascribeIO
• Contract Date: Jul 24, 2017