Hacktivism Intent 01 – IanH
Combating art theft online
Social media is allowing many art pieces to get stolen and or traced with ease.
This idea behind stolen art has caused a bit of an argument from everyone, especially in this digital age. Some people claim that once an image gets posted online, it’s for the world to own, while others feel that posting online is just a way of sharing their work with the world. Sharing, but not giving. Yet many people choose to see it as giving, because they can get free attention for little to no work. The most prominent example of this is popular pages on social media reuploading YouTubers videos without any form of citation. This goes for static artwork as well, such as drawings and written word. So with such blatent theft, one would expect some form of counter to it. Yet other than reverse Google search for images, there’s nothing. Even then, that doesn’ nessicarily combat things like tracing.
An idea to combat this form of digital theft is to attempt to create an all inclusive reverse search engine. One where you can upload not only images, but clips of audio and possible even video in order to search for possible theft across the internet. We know for a fact the YouTube has algorithms for this type of thing, as does Google for images, yet these tools aren’t available for the common man. I’d like to attempt and figure out what algorithms are used, and create this search engine for the world. I think it would be a relatively cheap process too, I would just need a domain, a decent computer and good programming skills. This ultimately just boils down to the need for time, and patience. I’m not entirely sure how much time it would take, but given my current knowledge, I would guess a good amount.
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So theft is clearly a feature of internet posting. I wonder if this kind of theft harms anyone? Some people think that theft is the highest form of praise. Not that I’m condoning theft, but would it be possible or even helpful to prevent ALL types of internet re-use, and/or theft/ Many of my students create class projects that under your regime would get them caught for theft. So I wonder.
Also the algorithms to find matches are convex, VERY expensive to produce and run, so i think you may want to revise your cost analysis.
I do think this issue in something to ponder. I wonder f there might be other ways to address it–Like forced citations? Or payable financial penalties (so that most people could pay them). Kind of like freeware with donations (if caught). That way the original artist gets both credit nd $$, while the art gets to travel, and culture remixing cn thrive. Or can you think of a better winning strategy
You may want to collaborate with AustinT who had a similar Intent Idea…
Also try to include nmd strategies in your intent & approach.