From Torrents to Music NFTs, a New World of Ownership Has Come
When you pirated Outkast in 2003, could you imagine a world where you could get royalties for owning an MP3 copy? At a time when the debate with web3 is heating up, hip-hop legend and innovator Nas is selling two of his singles as NFTs that fans can buy to claim streaming royalties. The popularity of musical NFTs brings up a particularly interesting debate: is blockchain running counter to the free and open virtues of torrenting? Or is it battling gatekeeper censorship that content pirates ai...
From Torrents to Music NFTs, a New World of Ownership Has Come
When you pirated Outkast in 2003, could you imagine a world where you could get royalties for owning an MP3 copy? At a time when the debate with web3 is heating up, hip-hop legend and innovator Nas is selling two of his singles as NFTs that fans can buy to claim streaming royalties. The popularity of musical NFTs brings up a particularly interesting debate: is blockchain running counter to the free and open virtues of torrenting? Or is it battling gatekeeper censorship that content pirates ai...
