Related thought: I've hoped that digital rights licensing would someday be improved similar to today's stock markets. The government authorizes a broker to setu

Related thought: I've hoped that digital rights licensing would someday be improved similar to today's stock markets. The government authorizes a broker to setup a market and sell signed licenses (JSON snippets signed by the broker's key, who cares how it's implemented) for eg "1 person viewership of MOVIE_NAME", "1 room viewership of MOVIE_NAME". Sellers place limit orders, buyers do the same and/or buy/sell at the current market price. There, you've solved the financing problem in a way that's compatible with every distribution mechanism, including existing piracy platforms. Yes there's an honor system problem, but that's exactly the level of enforcement companies have now.