> The ones who claiming they should be paid to support their work, It would be much easier if one side was the authors. The problem is it's "rights holders".

> The ones who claiming they should be paid to support their work, It would be much easier if one side was the authors. The problem is it's "rights holders". As a frequent reader on RoyalRoad and occasional Patreon supporter of one or the other author I am well aware that many authors indeed to have a problem of theft of their stories. Examples: - https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/7183/crashed-into-fantasy/chapter/465081/stolen-yet-again https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/7183/crashed-into-fantasy/... - https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/33922/ashes-of-empires/chapter/1675686/notification-of-hiatus-for-foreseeable-future https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/33922/ashes-of-empires/cha... I doubt though that any of those law suits are meant to protect those little guys. In addition, I think we need something else. Digital copying is so very different from theft of tangible objects that I think society as a whole would be much better off if we manage to come up with a different method to pay authors, without the huge amount of effort and infrastructure to artificially limit distribution. I mean, it kind of works for music? Far from ideal, but at least it's something. Okay, it works a tiny bit better. On second thought, maybe it "works" when I use a radio Yerevan kind of definition...