Access control and ownership transfer of digital content using a decentralized content fabric and ledger

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing program code executable by one or more processors, the program code comprising instructions configured to cause the one or more processors to provide a plurality of fabric nodes of a network configured to manage a plurality of content object parts corresponding to digital content, each content object part comprising build instructions, raw data, and metadata, the build instructions configured to be processed in relation to the raw data and the metadata to produce digital output, wherein the plurality of fabric nodes comprises one or more fabric nodes configured to:

• receive, from a client, a request to access the digital content, the request including an authorization token that is digitally signed by or on behalf of a user of the client,
• extract, from the authorization token, an identifier (ID) associated with the user,
• determine that one or more rules associated with a digital contract of the network are satisfied, wherein the one or more rules condition access to the digital content upon the ID associated with the user matching an ID associated with an owner of a digital instrument, the digital instrument being stored in a blockchain ledger as a unique representation of the digital content, and
• provide the client with access to the digital content in accordance with the digital contract and in response to determining that the one or more rules are satisfied.

A method comprising:

• providing a plurality of fabric nodes of a network configured to manage a plurality of content object parts corresponding to digital content, each content object part comprising build instructions, raw data, and metadata, the build instructions configured to be processed in relation to the raw data and the metadata to produce digital output, wherein the plurality of fabric nodes comprises one or more fabric nodes configured to:
• receive, from a client, a request to access the digital content, the request including an authorization token that is digitally signed by or on behalf of a user of the client,
• extract, from the authorization token, an identifier (ID) associated with the user,
• determine that one or more rules associated with a digital contract of the network are satisfied, wherein the one or more rules condition access to the digital content upon the ID associated with the user matching an ID associated with an owner of a digital instrument, the digital instrument being stored in a blockchain ledger as a unique representation of the digital content, and
• provide the client with access to the digital content in accordance with the digital contract and in response to determining that the one or more rules are satisfied.