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Maybe the key pivot is having MusicBrainz actually connect with real artists and have each artist create an NFT for each track they unleash onto the net. Listeners can then donate according to what they listen to most. So artists should leverage the fact that they are the first to own and hold their masters.

Can also apply to video. So a MusicBrainz (SuperBrainz) blockchain? Does that make sense?

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please do not put a blockchain in my functioning software

Well just a non-deletable public record that acoustic fingerprint-x was first created by user-x at time-x.

Why?

Artists and content creators don't need to worry about piracy and distribution, all they have to worry about is correct metadata (and blockchain entries) on all their media so they can collect 100% of all tips. A tipping culture.

I am definitely a contrarian... great to see.

The blockchain entries can also point to a place to get the media for free... eg a P2P network or download page.

Maybe a streaming network could be created as well that actually allowed downloads.

Just what we need for perfectly functioning software, a Blockchain crowbar.

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