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Producer label: DP1
Source paper: Blockchain-based digital rights management systems: Design principles for the music industry
Timestamp: 2026-08-05T00:00:00+00:00
Bundle path: design-knowledge/drm-music-industry-dp1.md

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Design principle DP1: Public-ledger metadata storage

The system should store music rights metadata on a distributed ledger using a public blockchain to make licensing structures transparently visible to everyone, so that rights owners can claim royalties.

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This design principle is proposed by Blockchain-based digital rights management systems: Design principles for the music industry (Raffaele Fabio Ciriello, Alexandra Cecilie Gjol Torbensen, Magnus Rotvit Perlt Hansen, Christoph Mueller-Bloch, 2023).

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DF1 - Public-permissioned blockchain

A decentralized DRM system can be implemented with a public-permissioned blockchain.

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DF2 - pBFT consensus

A decentralized DRM system can validate metadata with a practical Byzantine fault tolerant consensus mechanism.

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2 Design Requirements

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DR1 - Transparent music licensing structures

A decentralized DRM system for the music industry must provide transparent music licensing structures, replacing pre-Internet structures with many intermediaries.

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DR3 - Efficient and transparent royalty payout

A decentralized DRM system for the music industry must enable efficient and transparent royalty payout, addressing massive delays and unallocated royalties.

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Blockchain-based digital rights management systems: Design principles for the music industry

Analyzing the music industry, the paper proposes design principles for blockchain-based DRM that deliver transparent licensing, consistent and complete rights metadata, and efficient transparent royalty payout - by storing metadata on a public ledger, validating it via consensus on a permissioned chain, and enforcing payouts via stablecoin smart contracts.

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  "description": "The system should store music rights metadata on a distributed ledger using a public blockchain to make licensing structures transparently visible to everyone, so that rights owners can claim royalties.",
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