Blocklicense is a Web3 content licensing registry and relicensing marketplace specifically designed for text-based journalistic content. It enables authors to establish ownership of their work, facilitating downstream licensing transactions that extend these ownership rights with the author’s permission.
CTRL+X supports the development of public benefit infrastructure that empowers journalists to continue their vital work while expanding public access to journalistic content. By leveraging content licensing technology, CTRL+X helps maintain the historical record, fosters collaboration among journalists, and enhances monetization opportunities for their work.
Journalists face significant challenges in maintaining ownership of their content due to the phenomenon known as Platform Collapse, leading to:
- Limited distribution
- Poor monetization
- Disappearing content (e.g., link rot, memory holing)
These issues contribute to an environment where misinformation can easily proliferate and create a chilling effect within the journalism field.
CTRL+X content licensing software provides immutable rights to authors, enabling buyer/seller transactions on a per-article basis through a blockchain-based solution for digital rights management. This allows authors to:
- Enhance distribution of their articles across multiple platforms
- Better monetize their published works
- Future-proof their content against platform collapse
- The demand for quality journalism is higher than ever.
- Journalism needs sustainable infrastructure to thrive.
- More journalists are operating independently, giving them increased legal leverage to negotiate rights with corporate media institutions.
- Without open and sustainable infrastructure, we risk heading toward a digital information collapse.
- Current Web2 for-profit platform technology cannot support the ongoing transition in digital journalism.
To start the development server, use one of the following commands:
npm run dev
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yarn dev
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pnpm dev
# or
bun dev- Next.js - React framework for building user interfaces and use api routes to create the Solana actions for Blink.
- TypeScript - For type safety and code clarity.
- Blink (Solana) - Blockchain link that turns any Solana action into a shareable, metadata-rich link.
- Metaplex - OS NFT protocol for minting and managing NFTs.
- Phantom Wallet - A popular NFT wallet for Solana-based assets.
(Future Enhancement: Integration with Tiplink for wallet connection. Metaplex - OS NFT protocol for minting and managing NFTs.)
- Arikia Millikan - Journalism industry expert, Conceptual Lead, Project Lead, Founder of CTRL+X UG, Writer.
- Hyun-Kyung (Julie) Yi - Lead Developer, Full-Stack Developer.
- Ulrike Bloch - Junior Full-Stack Developer.
- Emilie Drouot - Junior Full-Stack Developer.