@article{ART003383199},
author={Du-Pyo Hong and Sung-Il Jang and YoungJoon Joe and Shin DongMyung},
title={A DAO-based Contribution-Reward Settlement and Distribution Model for Web3.0 Copyright Ecosystems},
journal={ Journal of Software Forensics},
issn={3092-541X},
year={2026},
volume={22},
number={3},
pages={75-90}
TY - JOUR
AU - Du-Pyo Hong
AU - Sung-Il Jang
AU - YoungJoon Joe
AU - Shin DongMyung
TI - A DAO-based Contribution-Reward Settlement and Distribution Model for Web3.0 Copyright Ecosystems
JO - Journal of Software Forensics
PY - 2026
VL - 22
IS - 3
PB - Korea Software Assessment and Valuation Society
SP - 75
EP - 90
SN - 3092-541X
AB - In Web3.0-based content ecosystems, an original work spawns many derivative works, yet royalty settlement stays within contracting parties: value-creating participants are excluded, and conflicting distribution conditions leave no residual share for the downstream creator. This paper proposes a two-stage model separating settled shares, fixed only by contracts and pre-agreed rules, from community-adjusted contribution rewards, with pro-rata abatement, cap-based redistribution, and soulbound-based dual-token DAO governance. Distributions matched hand-calculated expectations, and no invariant was violated across 1,000 generated contracts. Lowering the reward cap to 10% cut the Gini coefficient from 0.398 to 0.258 while rank correlation stayed above 0.999, letting governance tune the concentration-incentive trade-off.
KW - DAO;Copyright Royalty Settlement;Contribution-Reward;Nth-order Derivative Works;Soulbound Token
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Du-Pyo Hong, Sung-Il Jang, YoungJoon Joe and Shin DongMyung. (2026). A DAO-based Contribution-Reward Settlement and Distribution Model for Web3.0 Copyright Ecosystems. Journal of Software Forensics, 22(3), 75-90.
Du-Pyo Hong, Sung-Il Jang, YoungJoon Joe and Shin DongMyung. 2026, "A DAO-based Contribution-Reward Settlement and Distribution Model for Web3.0 Copyright Ecosystems", Journal of Software Forensics, vol.22, no.3 pp.75-90.
Du-Pyo Hong, Sung-Il Jang, YoungJoon Joe, Shin DongMyung "A DAO-based Contribution-Reward Settlement and Distribution Model for Web3.0 Copyright Ecosystems" Journal of Software Forensics 22.3 pp.75-90 (2026) : 75.
Du-Pyo Hong, Sung-Il Jang, YoungJoon Joe, Shin DongMyung. A DAO-based Contribution-Reward Settlement and Distribution Model for Web3.0 Copyright Ecosystems. 2026; 22(3), 75-90.
Du-Pyo Hong, Sung-Il Jang, YoungJoon Joe and Shin DongMyung. "A DAO-based Contribution-Reward Settlement and Distribution Model for Web3.0 Copyright Ecosystems" Journal of Software Forensics 22, no.3 (2026) : 75-90.
Du-Pyo Hong; Sung-Il Jang; YoungJoon Joe; Shin DongMyung. A DAO-based Contribution-Reward Settlement and Distribution Model for Web3.0 Copyright Ecosystems. Journal of Software Forensics, 22(3), 75-90.
Du-Pyo Hong; Sung-Il Jang; YoungJoon Joe; Shin DongMyung. A DAO-based Contribution-Reward Settlement and Distribution Model for Web3.0 Copyright Ecosystems. Journal of Software Forensics. 2026; 22(3) 75-90.
Du-Pyo Hong, Sung-Il Jang, YoungJoon Joe, Shin DongMyung. A DAO-based Contribution-Reward Settlement and Distribution Model for Web3.0 Copyright Ecosystems. 2026; 22(3), 75-90.
Du-Pyo Hong, Sung-Il Jang, YoungJoon Joe and Shin DongMyung. "A DAO-based Contribution-Reward Settlement and Distribution Model for Web3.0 Copyright Ecosystems" Journal of Software Forensics 22, no.3 (2026) : 75-90.
