Great opportunity having both of you @ned and @heimindanger on the same screen talking about the future of Steem!
I appreciate that you highlighted copyrights and explained how DMCAs can be handled on the Steem blockchain - that's a really important point, especially seeing the fast growing number of users. Adrien, you're right the community is self-controlling that issue in a certain way, and that will become even more important in the future.
The community receives incentives to do good things over and over again.
That's it.
Also I think many people share your vision for the next 5 years, Ned. Getting as much as entrepreneurs with their web applications on the Steem blockchain, being supported by SMTs is a big target.
The value comes with them.
Well said.
I guess all of us will be happy to contribute to that vision in the way we can. Steem on!
I agree about addressing how copyright infringement is handled. There are those who think that DTube is a license to upload copyrighted videos and that they are untouchable because it's decentralized. They are in for a surprise when the major movie studios send them a DMCA takedown notice. Add to the fact that anyone can see how much a video earns so the studios will know exactly how much in damages to sue for.
My "favourite" reply of a user to my question about her take on copyrights was the following. She had covered a song from a famous artist and I asked her about her sync licence which you actually need when performing a song that is not yours in a video. Here we go (get your popcorn ready):
I had to take a deep breath after that one...
We're definitely lacking education in terms of copyright!
She's in for a rude awakening. Her misunderstanding of DTube, copyright laws and the DMCA is frightening and I fear she is just one of many.
My "favourite" that I've seen on YouTube is when someone uploads a complete movie or music video and in the description, they'll write, "no copyright infringement intended, uploaded for educational purposes."