That sounds like a horrible idea! "Hey you didn't get compensated for your work but don't worry the government now has a bit more money to spend on whatever it

That sounds like a horrible idea! "Hey you didn't get compensated for your work but don't worry the government now has a bit more money to spend on whatever it is they spend your money on" Or is there some method in place to compensate people who's work has been downloaded (how do they track that?) in which case it would simply be better to cut out the middleman.