The London based start-up provides a data hub to clear music rights faster. Much, much faster than today. For the fan music is all about emotion. The sound, the voice, the feelings. Millions of fans listen to the songs they love. Creating music is about emotion too: Multiple years of practising to be any good, […]
An interview with Bill Keleris. His winning entry “Music.book” showed how Blockchain can be used to connect fans directly with musicians – and it sparked some ideas about a world of music very different from today. Two of the five days of our Bloomen week event (May 25-29, 2020) were dedicated to a hackathon. The idea […]
A key question for the Bloomen Project was: “Can a complex technology like Blockchain improve content workflows in the media industry and support better compensation for creators?” From the perspective of Deutsche Welle (DW) as a media company we also asked: “Can Blockchain improve visual journalism and ensure fair and fast payment for photographers?” Results […]
Media is one of ATC’s engagement sectors. ATC has been a pioneer in providing tools for journalists and media agencies. The participation in the Bloomen project allowed ATC to expand its portfolio of offered services in the area of copyright management. This article summarises outcomes of the Bloomen project from the perspective of the company: […]
Can a complex technology like Blockchain improve content workflows in the media industry and support better compensation for creators? This was the main question the Bloomen Project aimed to answer. Kendraio approached the project with yet another question: How can we empower creatives to manage their assets and rights in an efficient way, so they […]
How you view a new currency, the benefits and the risks, depends mostly on how reliable the the banking and government is in your area. If it is very stable then crypto currencies do look a bit like the Wild West. If banks (and government) is very unreliable and unpretictable, then the switch to crypto […]
Collecting data is a multi-step process. Each step can be a challenge, not so much because of the volume of data, but because of the data structure. Only after multiple steps data can be cleaned, duplicates can be found and data points verified. A number of elements of this process can be enhanced by using […]
Teosto, the collective management organisation of Finland, finished the first phase of a project with Bloomen-partner Kendraio. The goal is to extend the usability of APIs for musical works and add user interfaces for data exchange. Reliable and updated data about musical works is the foundation for fair exchange across all stakeholders. Collective management organisations […]
The Bloomen consortium gathered in Nicosia, Cyprus in January 2020 for a meeting of all partners and the 2nd “Pitstop”, a community event structured to listen to the community. What are issues, what are ideas, what are the challenges of using Blockchain for real-world problems? On the 23rd and 24th of January, academics, professionals and […]
As a technology Blockchain has been hyped as potentially disruptive, for many areas of business and life. A big question: What are ideas hon how to use such ideas in daily life? To find out the Bloomen Project organized an Ideathon interacting with the local community in January 2020. On the 23rd and 24th of January, […]
