Microsoft To Fight Piracy With Ethereum, Introduces Project Argus
18 August 2021 - 12:00AM
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When it comes to software piracy platforms, the top performers
remain for the office productivity suite and Windows operating
system. So it’s not a surprise that the developer of the two
products, Microsoft, takes its moves in creating Ethereum backed
anti-piracy measures. Microsoft’s research department released a
recent document involving contributions of other researchers from
Alibaba and Carnegie Mellon University. The document revealed that
the software giant engaged in a blockchain-based reward system to
fortify its anti-piracy campaigns. Related Reading | Total
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A New Record The research has a title, Argus: A Fully Transparent
Incentive System for Anti-Piracy Campaigns. This implies that
Microsoft will depend on the transparency of blockchain technology
for its new system. Argus is a protocol built on the Ethereum
blockchain that proposes to give a trustless incentive mechanism.
Also, it will secure data from any open unknown or hidden
population of piracy reporters. Here’s How Ethereum Powered
Anti-Piracy Program Will Run The document states that this should
be taken as a shared system issue. Furthermore, it reveals that in
the real application, there are unavoidable obstacles that need
surmounting. It’s only the finished aspect that would ascertain the
desired security irrespective of full transparency. Argus allows
tracing pirated content back to its source while giving a
watermarking algorithm as contained in the document. Furthermore,
every report of leaked content, known as proof of leakage, has a
procedure that hides the information. Hence, only the informer can
report the exact watermarked copy without taking possession of it.
There are incentive-reducing precautions in the system that deter
an informer from repeating the exact leaked content using different
aliases. The report from the paper believes in the security and
functionality of Argus to achieve anti-piracy campaigns in
real-world situations. It states that a shift to an incentive
mechanism that is transparent is the expected solution. Related
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Cryptocurrency Exchanges Explaining the challenge of fees in the
Ethereum network, the document records the team’s optimization of
many cryptographic operations. ETH is trading sideways although
bulls are trying to push Ethereum ahead | Source: ETHUSD on
TradingView.com This helps reduce the piracy reporting cost
equitably for running 14ETH-transfer transactions on Ethereum’s
public network. However, the expanded form represents thousands of
transactions. There is now a global concern from technological
companies to protect intellectual property and combat digital
piracy. For example, there’s a recent report of piracy combating
move from the IT subsidiary of Indian Conglomerate Mahindra Group,
Tech Mahindra. The company launched its new platform that runs on
blockchain-based digital rights and contracts. The platform
operates on IBM’s Hyperledger fabric protocol, and it’s meant to
boost the entertainment and media industry. Featured image from
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