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Originally Posted by HarryT
Can you upload a design specification for what you're proposing, rather than just a few vague words? It'll make it a lot easier to give you sensible feedback that way.
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eschwartz mentioned, replicating Bitcoin concept is next to impossible but I open to any possibility of public server(s), or (maybe somekind of state managed) server similar to ICANN, that can associate users with files on internet, basically it will be maintaining a table of "unique file hash" and corresponding public key of a human user, which device maker and software developers can access to validate users, this will of course require online access. and a largest database as of now
Currently ADEPT is validating individual device but here validation will be against individual files.
Lets say:
User A's (userA@example.com) -> using email address create pair of public/ private keys
User A's owns a file -> from this file we generate a hash key (file id)
Now in our universal database we link user's public key with file id.
Now coming any DRM software that first needs to validate user against file, will take users public key + file hash and match it against universal database, once that succeeded. it will proceed with decryption using private key.
it will help with certificate management (ownership) and consolidate that work to one place, instead of individual companies handling them.
Lets say i you send me any file via that system your ownership will go away, of course this is not all-in-one solution and cannot eliminate piracy and system depends on honesty of ereader software but i hope that it can be helpful for libraries and publishers.