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Post-copyright: Digital Cash and Compulsory Licensing?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the dream-on dept.

gojomo writes "AaronSw offers a compelling idea: use anonymous transferable digital cash to allocate the monies collected for creators in a compulsory licensing scheme, to avoid some of the potential problems outlined by other compulsory critiques. LawMeme calls it a "Proto Whuffie" but expects fake artists to sign up for the loot. I might call it "voucher socialism" -- but that's not necessarily a bad thing."

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  1. Re:hair brained is a better thing to call it. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Holy fuck what a retarded position. How the fucking hell is an artist going to feed themselves if they cant charge you for listening to their music?

    Your last line there was pretty Freudian. The no-talent types sure are the ones whining loudly. The no-talents that don't create and seem to think that they deserve to be entertained for FREE. THIS MEANS YOU FUCKHEAD!

    (A little message from an artist to someone he would rather kick in the nuts than ever let listen to a single note of his music.)