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RE: How to deal with "stolen" content?
The content will remain in the Steem Chain regardless of IP ownership.
However, Steemit is a privately managed site .. IP owners can ask us to not show content .. they can ask the poster for retribution .. or better, they can start to post their own content directly :)
Thanks for your reply.
Yes, that is the problem. Have your considered this problem, or don't you think this is a problem at all?
My question was not about steemit.com - that's a different issue obviously. My question was about the risks that node operators are facing. Have you evaluated the possible legal risks? Don't you think lawsuits against steem node operators might be harmful to the network as a whole? I mean, every witness has to run a node, obviously.
I think this is really a weak point in steem. I'm sure there are solutions. Freenet for example has all of its content encrypted, which means that freenet node operators can always plausibly deny knowledge of the content they are serving. (https://freenetproject.org/documentation.html#understand)
The primary solution for this long-term is to "prune" the blockchain. The blockchain only really needs to store the hash of content and steemit.com can link it all back together.
The roadmap calls for most content to be referenced by hash in the future rather than having the full content like we do now.
Ah, thanks @dantheman. This has been one of my main questions since joining the platform. I was about to post the question myself but found this post and your comment first. So, off the cuff before I chase pointers to the roadmap...
I may find the answer from resources. But if you can shortcut the process so much the better. Cool.