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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Blockchain
Sec. Blockchain in Industry
Volume 7 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fbloc.2024.1388832
This article is part of the Research Topic Smart Contracts and Blockchain Applications for Intellectual Property Management and Protection View all articles

Application of Blockchain Technology in Digital Music Copyright Management: A Case Study of VNT Chain Platform

Provisionally accepted
Qilong Shi Qilong Shi 1*Yan Zhou Yan Zhou 2*
  • 1 Anshan Normal University, Anshan, China
  • 2 Kyonggi University, Suwon, Gyeonggi, Republic of Korea

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    In this paper, the design and construction of a digital music copyright management system are presented, utilizing the VNT Chain blockchain platform. This system harnesses blockchain technology for copyright proof and evidence storage, employs the Shazam algorithm to verify the originality of music copyrights, and leverages smart contracts to ensure secure and reliable transactions. It comprises six functional modules: user management, copyright registration, copyright trading, infringement monitoring, evidence storage, and music ecology, addressing the core aspects of copyright management. The system employs blockchain, InterPlanetary File System (IPFS), and MySQL as storage engines to cater to the varied needs of business data. Experimental findings indicate that the registration time for each music piece increased by approximately 1.9 seconds, and the average feature fingerprint data for each music piece stored on IPFS consumed about 8 MB, aligning with the anticipated system performance criteria.

    Keywords: music copyright, Blockchain, Shazam Algorithm, Music Ecology, InterPlanetary File System (IPFS)

    Received: 20 Feb 2024; Accepted: 29 Nov 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Shi and Zhou. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence:
    Qilong Shi, Anshan Normal University, Anshan, China
    Yan Zhou, Kyonggi University, Suwon, 443-760, Gyeonggi, Republic of Korea

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