Artists Battle AI With Tech to Protect Ideas

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- Team Mint

British scriptwriter Ed Bennett-Coles and songwriter Jamie Hartman have developed a blockchain-based application they hope will empower writers, artists and others to own and protect their work. The app, ARK, aims to log ownership of ideas and work from initial brainchild to finished product; one could register a song demo, for example, simply by uploading the file, the creators told AFP. Features including non-disclosure agreements, blockchain-based verification and biometric security measures mark the file as belonging to the artist who uploaded it. Collaborators could then also register their own contributions throu