> What government? World government? Yours? Mine? Who will pay for it?
The US Government, since we are talking about US Copyright.
> How will authorship be established? Worldwide federated authentication of authors? How will it work of authors in Iran?
US copyright doesn't cover worldwide works unless they register in the US.
> Technosolutuonists are funny sometimes. “Just add a little bit of blockchain”.
And I never said blockchain. I said a website where people upload and register their works. You know, like a digital version of how it works today where you mail a copy of your work to the copyright office. But with the added bonus of a contact feature.
> What will happen is an author is hit by a car and falls into coma?
Presumably there would be a dispute process available for these rare edge cases. This is in fact why it would not be a blockchain. So that the legal system still has final say.
I mean with everything copyright, it's complicated. If for example you create a work in the UK, it's automatically copyright in the UK. Because of international treaties, that copyright is honored in the US. But it's not a US copyright. It doesn't follow US copyright law for expiration for example.
I'm not a copyright lawyer, I've just looked into it before. This is my layman's understanding after talking to a lawyer.
The US Government, since we are talking about US Copyright.
> How will authorship be established? Worldwide federated authentication of authors? How will it work of authors in Iran?
US copyright doesn't cover worldwide works unless they register in the US.
> Technosolutuonists are funny sometimes. “Just add a little bit of blockchain”.
And I never said blockchain. I said a website where people upload and register their works. You know, like a digital version of how it works today where you mail a copy of your work to the copyright office. But with the added bonus of a contact feature.
> What will happen is an author is hit by a car and falls into coma?
Presumably there would be a dispute process available for these rare edge cases. This is in fact why it would not be a blockchain. So that the legal system still has final say.