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on Wednesday January 17 2018, @12:51AM
from the get-on-the-blockchain-train dept.
from the get-on-the-blockchain-train dept.
BBC http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-42630136 and many others are reporting this story,
The US firm said it was teaming up with London-based Wenn Media Group to carry out the initial coin offering (ICO).
It is part of a blockchain-based initiative to help photographers control their image rights.
Kodak also detailed plans to install rows of Bitcoin mining rigs at its headquarters in Rochester, New York.
Anyone have further details?
For a few years now I've debated writing up a post about why a "blockchain-based DRM" is an idea that people frequently talk about, but which is a really dumb idea. Because the key point in the blockchain is that it "solves"...
Submitted via IRC for AndyTheAbsurd
Also at Bloomberg, The Verge, and Futurism.
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CES 2018: Kodak Soars on KodakCoin and Bitcoin Mining Plans
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(Score: 2) by takyon on Wednesday January 17 2018, @02:00AM (1 child)
https://www.kodak.com/US/en/corp/Press_center/KODAK_EKTRA_the_Camera_First_Smartphone_Launches_in_the_United_States/default.htm [kodak.com]
https://www.kodak.com/US/en/corp/Press_center/KODAK_Tablets_launch_throughout_Europe/default.htm [kodak.com]
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 17 2018, @03:56AM
OK but they made the first digial camera in 1973