Defense funds could be a business model in itself, if RIAA/MPAA/??AA just got the clue. They could establish their own defense fund and channel the money to themselves.
??AA establishes a defense fund: pay a $5 insurance a month and you get the right to download and share any (of their) content as much as you like as long as you're listed. Or maybe you won't get the right but you'll be guaranteed to not sued.
Then they proceed to sue non-listed downloaders and sharers in as large numbers as it is required to deter people from getting listed and as it doesn't consume too much money. Maybe they want to use Felten's ordering system, too.
Yes, some people would still not pay, some people would still be sued, but they would make lots of money pretty much "for free" because people would pay to avoid the potential hassle.
Ideally the online sharing culture would florish in open and that would bring more innovations to the field. Yet I'd like to see the world without copyright.
Defense funds could be a business model in itself, if RIAA/MPAA/??AA just got the clue. They could establish their own defense fund and channel the money to themselves.
??AA establishes a defense fund: pay a $5 insurance a month and you get the right to download and share any (of their) content as much as you like as long as you're listed. Or maybe you won't get the right but you'll be guaranteed to not sued.
Then they proceed to sue non-listed downloaders and sharers in as large numbers as it is required to deter people from getting listed and as it doesn't consume too much money. Maybe they want to use Felten's ordering system, too.
Yes, some people would still not pay, some people would still be sued, but they would make lots of money pretty much "for free" because people would pay to avoid the potential hassle.
Ideally the online sharing culture would florish in open and that would bring more innovations to the field. Yet I'd like to see the world without copyright.