Public screening ilianza na watu kutoka providers watatu wakiwa na wallets ambazo hazikufanana.
Community arts hall ilikuwa ndogo kuliko theatre ya premiere, lakini kwa Amina ilikuwa test kubwa zaidi. Hapa hakuna provider mmoja aliyekuwa na control ya kila user. DreamPort, LalaLive na MoyoXR walikuwa wamekubali open-consent protocol ya pilot. Creators walikuwa na royalty meter live, Ruth alikuwa observer, Marwa alikuja kama CEO wa LalaLive, na investor mmoja kutoka regional fund alikuwa ameomba meeting ya dakika kumi na Amina backstage.
Experience ilikuwa clean pack iliyotengenezwa upya kwa scale ndogo. Kila wallet ilisoma lineage na rights kwa schema yake. Before entry, users walichagua training consent tofauti.
Screening ilipoanza, Amina hakukaa control booth. Joel alikuwa technical lead. Amina alikaa katikati ya hall akiwa na Ruth na Sifa, akitaka kuona experience kama user wa kawaida kwa mara ya kwanza tangu crisis ianze.
Dakika nne ndani, user mmoja wa MoyoXR alirevoke training kupitia wallet yake. System haikusimamisha experience. Royalty meter iliendelea kulipa creator kwa contribution iliyochezwa, lakini training queue ikaonyesha `REVOKED`. User mwingine wa LalaLive alifanya revocation hiyo hiyo dakika mbili baadaye.
Joel alituma message: `NO PLAYBACK IMPACT.`
Sifa alimwonyesha Amina screen yake. “Hivi ndiyo choice inapaswa kuonekana. Si emergency.”
Amina akakubali.
Experience ilipomalizika, audience hawakupewa survey ya “did you feel magical?” pekee. Walipimwa comprehension, ease of exit, willingness to pay na trust ya lineage. Rating ilikuwa 8.5. Royalty meter ilionyesha payouts kwa contributors. Ticket sales zilikuwa juu ya break-even kwa event hiyo.
Marwa aliangalia margin table. “Small venue economics,” alisema.
“Ndiyo,” Amina akajibu. “Hatusemi scale solved.”
Investor alifika backstage kabla Q&A. Mwanamume huyo, Kamau Rono, aliweka term sheet mezani. “Ninaweza kufadhili open-consent platform yenu. Lakini nataka exclusivity ya miaka mitatu kwa protocol na clean pack catalog.”
Amina alisoma. Offer ilikuwa kubwa kuliko salary aliyowahi kuwa nayo. Fund ingeweza kulipa studio, engineers na creators. Kwa exchange, provider mmoja angekuwa na right ya kwanza na competitors wangelipa license kubwa.
“Unaita open protocol, halafu unataka kuifunga?” Amina aliuliza.
“Open kwa users. Si lazima open kwa competitors.”
“Portability itafanya kazi vipi kama target provider lazima ipitie gate yako?”
“Kwa licensed partners.”
Kamau aliongea kama businessperson, si villain. “Independence haina scale bila capital. Ukikataa, utakuwa na principles nzuri na users mia.”
Amina alijua alikuwa na point. Studio huru ingeanza polepole. Creator payouts zingekuwa unstable. Engineering ya standards ingegharimu.
“Na nikikubali?”
“Una scale, lawyers, infrastructure. Rights design inabaki. Provider network iko chini ya license yetu.”
Sifa hakuwa ndani ya meeting. Amina hakuhitaji kumtumia kama compass ya kila decision. Alimwomba Joel aingie kama creator representative na Ruth asikae kwa sababu hii ilikuwa private investment negotiation, si regulatory decision.
Joel alisoma term sheet. “Creator protocol copyright?”
“Fund-owned improvements.”
“Basi miaka mitatu baadaye tunarudi kwenye dependency nyingine.”
Kamau akasema, “Dependency si dhambi. Abuse ndiyo problem.”
Amina alikubali kwamba sentence ilikuwa true kwa sehemu. Suala lilikuwa governance ya dependency.
“Na rights ya user kuhamisha wallet kwa provider asiye partner?”
Kamau akasema, “Not supported.”
Amina akafunga folder. “Basi hapana.”
Investor hakukasirika. “Utapiga simu baada ya miezi sita.”
“Labda kwa deal tofauti.”
“Offer hii ita-expire leo.”
“Nimeelewa.”
Kamau akaondoka.
Joel alimuangalia. “Unaogopa?”
“Sana.”
“Good.”
Walirudi hall. Q&A ilikuwa imeanza. User mmoja aliuliza kama open-consent model italipia creators kiasi gani ikiwa wengi watakataa training. Mwanaidi akaonyesha royalty meter na kusema training ni revenue stream moja, si haki ya kuchukua assets. Provider wa MoyoXR akaahidi fee ya portability badala ya lock-in. Marwa akasema LalaLive itahitaji subscription redesign ili margin ibaki.
Ruth alikataa kuidhinisha claims za future. “Leo tuna event moja. Metrics za miezi ndiyo zitatuambia viability.”
Amina alifurahia bounded language hiyo.
Q&A iliendelea kwa muda mrefu kuliko schedule. User mmoja aliuliza kama provider anaweza kumpa experience nzuri bila kujua jina lake. Engineer wa MoyoXR akaonyesha anonymous session token yenye lineage ya assets lakini si identity ya user. Creator mwingine aliuliza kama revocation ya training ingeondoa royalty ya experience iliyokwisha kuchezwa; Joel akaeleza kwamba royalty ya matumizi halali yaliyokwisha kutokea haifutwi nyuma, lakini future training reuse inasimama. Marwa alitoa objection kwamba systems hizi zote zinaongeza support load na fraud surface. Amina akakubali na kupendekeza metrics za fraud, failed migrations na support minutes ziingizwe kwenye public report badala ya kutangazwa kwamba open model ni perfect. Ruth akasisitiza hakuna provider aliyeruhusiwa kutumia event moja kama certification ya usalama wa miaka.
Kisha providers watatu walifanya cross-wallet exit drill kwa users volunteers. Mmoja alihamisha experience receipt, mwingine aka-revoke training, na wa tatu akaondoa storage baada ya session bila kupoteza ticket history. Kila provider alithibitisha event kwa schema yake, na common protocol ikaonyesha only status, si content. Audience waliona mfumo ukifanya kazi kama process, si slogan.
Mwisho wa event, organizers walihesabu tickets, creator payouts, venue cost na provider fees. Kulikuwa na profit ndogo, lakini real. Users kutoka providers watatu walikuwa wameingia na kutoka bila central identity conversion. Revocations mbili zilikuwa zimeheshimiwa. Hakuna exit incident.
Mwanaidi alichukua picha ya royalty meter kwa members wake, na providers wakakubaliana raw interoperability logs zibaki kwa audit ya pilot.
Marwa alimfuata Amina wakati audience ilianza kutoka. “Unaweza kujenga hii ndani ya LalaLive kwa resources zetu.”
“Chini ya order, ndiyo. Kwa transition.”
“Si transition. Permanent authority.”
Amina akamwangalia.
Marwa akampa folder yenye title iliyochapishwa vizuri sana.
`CHIEF CONSENT OFFICER — PERMANENT AUTHORITY`.