A Primitive Study of Blockchain-Based Music Industry: Joint User System Framework

• Main Authors: Chien-Ken Han, 韓堅亘
• Other Authors: 蘇雅惠
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2018
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/k4d8k2

碩士 === 國立中央大學 === 資訊管理學系 === 106 === Since 2000, Internet and the digital music technology have tremendously impacted on the music industry. It becomes hard to survive only by publishing physical music for music companies. Moreover, many online platforms like YouTube and BiliBili have created robust business models to help many independent creators to start their businesses. Those platform providers not only help users launch their artworks but also transform the numbers of subscribers into cash flow. Being out of date to the trend, the music industry faced challenges of continuously decreasing in the market value. The phenomenon mentioned above directs to our research question: How to help music industry more animated and raise the diversity in published artworks? We induct two research purposes: 1. to create an innovative music eco-system, and 2. to establish integrated and music intellectual property records with high security, and anticipate getting the music industry rolling well through achieving two research purposes. We use the theory elaboration method to construct a conceptual framework. Since the framework is based on strict theory and technic support, we make sure its contribution and feasibility in both academic and practical field. The thesis features an application framework bases on Blockchain and Smart contract, called Joint User System (JUST). Through the use of these technologies, we implement highly secured and well integrated intellectual property records format, and further help the profit to be distributed fairly and justly. We also redesign the relation between artworks and its creators, providing a new eco-system overview of music industry. Through well compensating different participants in this eco-system, we motivate the music industry to put Joint User System into practical use and create a better industry life cycle.