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'SingularDTV' Will Use Ethereum For DRM On A Sci-Fi TV Show (rocknerd.co.uk)

Posted by EditorDavid on from the money-of-the-future dept.

It's "an epic sci-fi adventure about the human race's journey into a theoretical technological Singularity." Or is it an "entertainment industry boondoggle...part DRM snake oil marketing, part pseudo-Bitcoin scam and part sincere Singularitarian weirdness?" Long-term Slashdot reader David Gerard writes: SingularDTV is an exciting new blockchain-based entertainment industry startup. Their plan is to adapt the DRM that made $121.54 for Imogen Heap, make their own completely pre-mined altcoin and use that to somehow sell two million views of a sci-fi TV show about the Singularity. Using CODE, which is explicitly modeled on The DAO ... which spectacularly imploded days after its launch. There's a white paper [PDF], but here's an analysis of why these schemes are a terrible idea for musicians.
'Singular' will be a one-hour adventure/drama "that explores the impact technology will have on the future of our planet and how it will shape the evolution of our human race," set in the years 2021 to 2045, "as an unprecedented technological revolution sweeps over the world..."

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  1. Re:Is there something to understand by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    There's a company with something that's like Bitcoin, except that they mined a whole shitload of it first before releasing it to the public.

    This company plans now to make a television show.

    You can only watch this you purchase it, and you can only purchase it using their Bitcoin clone.

    They have their own proprietary DRM that they think will prevent anyone from pirating this show.

    This scheme (their DRM paired with their Bitcoin clone) has already been attempted by this company; it was previously used to sell a single from musician Imogen Heap. In that case, it made a whole $121.

    It appears as though this is some type of scam, but it's not exactly clear how it's supposed to pay off for them. I speculate that they're going to throw the whole idea at investors and try to nab someone stupid enough to be blinded by the buzzwords, but I don't know.

  2. Re:enthusiastically predominate next-gen mindshare by JustAnotherOldGuy · · Score: 3, Informative

    ^^^^^^^ Yeah, what jjeffries said.

    And don't forget to leverage existing core-competencies for exigent customer-facing scenarios.

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    Just cruising through this digital world at 33 1/3 rpm...