PewDiePie Helps Blockchain Video Streaming Platform to 67% Hike in Users

May 22, 2019By rightstech

Blockchain-based live streaming service DLive has seen a 67 percent increase in users since popular YouTuber PewDiePie joined the platform in April. DLive now has more than 5 million monthly active users and over 70,000 streamers, Nikkei Asian Review reported Monday.

Source: PewDiePie Helps Blockchain Video Streaming Platform to 67% Hike in Users – CoinDesk

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AI Companies Get the Picture

By Paul Sweeting

One of the biggest challenges facing copyright owners in grappling with the rapid development of generative AI technology, apart from a murky legal status, has been market failure, as discussed here in previous posts. The amount of existing material needed to train gen-AI models is so great, and so varied, that gauging the value of any one piece of it to establish a market price for it for licensing purposes is often effectively impossible. One group of rights owners is finding willing buyers among AI companies, however. An active, albeit for various reasons mostly sotto voce market has begun to emerge for the use of images held in large photo archives and by photo agencies and social media platforms, complete with per-unit industry and at least a nod toward creator attribution... Read More >>

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