SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GATED MEDIA ACCESS BASED ON COLLECTIONS OF UNIQUE DIGITAL ARTICLES

1 . A system configured to provide gated media access based on ownership of collections of unique digital articles, wherein the ownership of the unique digital articles is recorded on an immutable ledger that is an append-only ledger, the immutable ledger being implemented by a ledger server, wherein the system comprises:

an online gaming platform including one or more hardware processors configured by machine-readable instructions to:

execute, within the online gaming platform, an instance of a game to facilitate presentation of the game to users, and implement in-game actions in the instance of the game in response to action requests for the in-game actions by the users, wherein the presentation of the game is based on views of the game that are determined during execution of the instance of the game, wherein the users include a first user and a second user; and

manage user accounts associated with the users, wherein the user accounts include account inventories of virtual items, wherein the user accounts include a first user account associated with the first user and a second user account associated with the second user, wherein the first user account includes a first account inventory of a first set of virtual items, wherein the second user account includes a second account inventory of a second set of virtual items, wherein the first user controls the first set of virtual items in the first account inventory, wherein the second user controls the second set of virtual items in the second account inventory, wherein the first account inventory includes a first unique digital article for which a first ownership by the first user has been recorded on the immutable ledger, and wherein the second account inventory includes a second unique digital article; and

a media server that is separate from the online gaming platform, wherein the media server includes one or more particular processors configured by particular machine-readable instructions to:

receive, on behalf of the first user, a first access request to access particular media content, wherein the access to the particular media content requires ownership of at least both of the first unique digital article and the second unique digital article; and

responsive to determining the first user is not recorded as owning both the first unique digital article and the second unique digital article, respond to the first action request by denying the first access request;

wherein the one or more hardware processors included in the online gaming platform are further configured to:

effectuate recording a second ownership, by the first user, of the second unique digital article on the immutable ledger;

wherein the one or more particular processors included in the media server are further configured to:

receive, on behalf of the first user, a second access request to access the particular media content; and

responsive to determining the first user is recorded as owning both the first unique digital article and the second unique digital article, respond to the second access request by accepting the second access request and granting access to the particular media content to the first user.

2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the access to the particular media content requires ownership of a particular collection of unique digital articles, wherein the unique digital articles in the particular collection includes at least a first type of unique digital articles and a second type of unique digital articles, wherein the first type of unique digital articles include the first unique digital article, and wherein the second type of unique digital articles include the second unique digital article.

3 . The system of claim 2 , wherein the first type of unique digital articles include a set of unique digital articles are issued by a particular set of one or more smart contracts.

4 . The system of claim 3 , wherein the second type of unique digital articles include a set of unique digital articles that were issued during a particular release.

5 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the first unique digital article is associated with a first in-game user-controllable character that is configured to be controlled by the first user in the instance of the game.

6 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the particular media content includes one or more of:

(i) a previously-recorded video message,

(ii) a live-streaming video channel,

(iii) a text chat channel,

(iv) a blog post,

(v) previously-recorded audio content, and/or

(vi) a live-streaming audio channel.

7 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more particular processors included in the media server are further configured to:

receive a request for continued access to the particular media content;

determine, at recurring intervals, whether the first user is still recorded as owning both the first unique digital article and the second unique digital article;

responsive to determining the first user is still recorded as owning both the first unique digital article and the second unique digital article, respond to the request by continuing to grant access to the particular media content to the first user; and

responsive to determining the first user is no longer recorded as owning both the first unique digital article and the second unique digital article, respond to the request by removing access to the particular media content to the first user.

8 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the access to the particular media content requires ownership of at least the first unique digital article, the second unique digital article, and a third unique digital article.

9 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the third type of unique digital article includes a set of unique digital articles that have received one or more participation rewards for (i) participating in an online event during a particular time-limited duration, or (ii) participating in a real-world event during the particular time-limited duration, or (iii) both (i) and (ii).

10 . The system of claim 1 , further comprising the immutable ledger server configured to implement the immutable ledger.

11 . A method of providing gated media access based on ownership of collections of unique digital articles, wherein the ownership of the unique digital articles is recorded on an immutable ledger that is an append-only ledger, the immutable ledger being implemented by a ledger server, the method comprising:

executing, within an online gaming platform, an instance of a game to facilitate presentation of the game to users, and implementing in-game actions in the instance of the game in response to action requests for the in-game actions by the users, wherein the presentation of the game is based on views of the game that are determined during execution of the instance of the game, wherein the users include a first user and a second user;

managing user accounts associated with the users, wherein the user accounts include account inventories of virtual items, wherein the user accounts include a first user account associated with the first user and a second user account associated with the second user, wherein the first user account includes a first account inventory of a first set of virtual items, wherein the second user account includes a second account inventory of a second set of virtual items, wherein the first user controls the first set of virtual items in the first account inventory, wherein the second user controls the second set of virtual items in the second account inventory, wherein the first account inventory includes a first unique digital article for which a first ownership by the first user has been recorded on the immutable ledger, and wherein the second account inventory includes a second unique digital article;

receiving, by a media server that is separate from the online gaming platform, on behalf of the first user, a first access request to access particular media content, wherein the access to the particular media content requires ownership of at least both of the first unique digital article and the second unique digital article;

responsive to determining the first user is not recorded as owning both the first unique digital article and the second unique digital article, responding to the first action request by denying the first access request;

effectuating a recordation of a second ownership, by the first user, of the second unique digital article on the immutable ledger;

receiving, by the media server, on behalf of the first user, a second access request to access the particular media content; and

responsive to determining the first user is recorded as owning both the first unique digital article and the second unique digital article, responding to the second access request by accepting the first access request and granting access to the particular media content to the first user.

12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the access to the particular media content requires ownership of a particular collection of unique digital articles, wherein the unique digital articles in the particular collection includes at least a first type of unique digital articles and a second type of unique digital articles, wherein the first type of unique digital articles include the first unique digital article, and wherein the second type of unique digital articles include the second unique digital article.

13 . The method of claim 12 , wherein the first type of unique digital articles include a set of unique digital articles are issued by a particular set of one or more smart contracts.

14 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the second type of unique digital articles include a set of unique digital articles that were issued during a particular release.

15 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the first unique digital article is associated with a first in-game user-controllable character that is configured to be controlled by the first user in the instance of the game.

16 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the particular media content includes one or more of:

(i) a previously-recorded video message,

(ii) a live-streaming video channel,

(iii) a text chat channel,

(iv) a blog post,

(v) previously-recorded audio content, and/or

(vi) a live-streaming audio channel.

17 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

receiving a request for continued access to the particular media content;

determining, at recurring intervals, whether the first user is still recorded as owning both the first unique digital article and the second unique digital article;

responsive to determining the first user is still recorded as owning both the first unique digital article and the second unique digital article, responding to the request by continuing to grant access to the particular media content to the first user; and

responsive to determining the first user is no longer recorded as owning both the first unique digital article and the second unique digital article, responding to the request by removing access to the particular media content to the first user.

18 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the access to the particular media content requires ownership of at least the first unique digital article, the second unique digital article, and a third unique digital article.

19 . The method of claim 18 , wherein the third type of unique digital article includes a set of unique digital articles that have received one or more participation rewards for (i) participating in an online event during a particular time-limited duration, or (ii) participating in a real-world event during the particular time-limited duration, or (iii) both (i) and (ii).

20 . The method of claim 18 , wherein the third type of unique digital article includes a set of unique digital articles that have received particular distribution gains by virtue of owning particular distribution rights.