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[IP in Korea] ‘Blockchain, possible solution to public domain platform’
July 29, 2018
The Korea Herald is publishing a series of interviews with experts in the intellectual property sector. This is the 21st installment. -- Ed.In contrast to copyright, which is recognized as a tangible and exclusive protection for creators, the notion of public domain -- where works are shared freely without intellectual property ownership restrictions -- is often dismissed as a cost-free, and therefore less valuable, source of knowledge.A challenge for the modern world, however, is that demand is