Copyright management, aircraft maintenance and other blockchain initiatives

Blockchain technology remains one of the hottest trends among financial, governmental and commercial organisations worldwide. ForkLog magazine offers a survey of the most interesting recent initiatives.

Seafood producer adopts blockchain to trace its supply chains

Spanish seafood producer Nueva Pescanova объявил о сотрудничестве with technology giant IBM to track its supply chain.

The place and time of catch, delivery route and other information about seafood will be stored on the blockchain-based IBM Food Trust platform. The initiative will create a network among fishers, processors and distributors, improving supply chain efficiency, reducing fraud risks and providing consumers with credible information about the origin of the products.

“We grow, process and catch fish, and then bring it to market. With this new ambitious project, we want to offer our consumers around the world detailed information about our seafood,” said Ignacio Gonzalez, CEO of Nueva Pescanova Group.

Linux Foundation Public Health introduces global vaccination-certificate network on blockchain

The Linux Foundation Public Health (LFPH) представил a global vaccination certificate network on the blockchain to unite regional records and simplify international travel.

Using Global COVID Certificate Network (GCCN) from LFPH, authorised authorities will obtain the necessary information about the certificate holder from a shared database. GCCN will also verify that the issuer of the health passport is a recognised accredited laboratory.

By July 1, LFPH will issue certificates interoperable between EU member states and non-EU countries. The documents will certify vaccination against coronavirus, COVID-19 testing and past infections.

In South Korea, blockchain to manage video-content copyrights

South Korea’s most populous province, Gyeonggi-do, сформировала consortium with leading telecoms KT to develop the KT GIGA Chain BaaS blockchain platform for managing video-content copyrights.

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, many artists have moved to YouTube and other video platforms to promote their content and earn income. However, copyright is poorly protected in such conditions, and copying leads to partial revenue losses.

The KT GIGA Chain BaaS being developed will ensure copyright compliance. Platform administrators will gain access to information about content creators and be able to respond swiftly to takedown requests.

The initiative will also turn performances by popular artists into non-fungible tokens, enabling content creators to earn revenue from views even on others’ channels.

MOBI automotive alliance unveils new blockchain-based supply-trace standards

The non-profit MOBI automotive alliance, in collaboration with IBM and automakers Ford, Honda and Accenture, unveiled new blockchain-based supply-chain tracking standards. Ledger Insights reports.

Among the network’s use cases, the working group highlighted business-process management, production oversight, financial settlements, tracking of parts and their recalls, with the aim of increasing transparency of collaboration.

Jeju Air to deploy blockchain for aircraft maintenance

South Korea’s low-cost carrier Jeju Air заключила сотрудничество with LG’s IT-services unit LG CNS to explore blockchain solutions in the aviation industry.

The companies are developing a joint pilot project for aircraft maintenance.

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