Blockchain-based music platform Audius looks set to be a copyright nightmare

  • 2022-02-28 08:00:00
  • The Verge
Created to compete with SoundCloud after reports of infringement on the platform intensified, Audius is banking on technology: publishing a catalogue that cannot be deleted because it resides on Blockhcain, a digital registry from which data cannot be deleted. But what happens if the music is infringing someone's rights? According to the platform's founders, they are not capable of removing the infringing track, making the problem worse.