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RE: A Tale SOLD By An Idiot: Part IV “PEERticipation”
You understand it as well as I do :-) We are right up against where the tech seems to be right now...but the question is: Can we ReCapture some of the lost revenue for indie films in the torrent space...and if so, could indie creators PARTNER with torrenters to incentivize non-pirate sharing.
Ideally, the payment is a "rental fee" for one-machine use, but even monetizing 20% of the downloads of an indie film can be the difference between making the next movie and going bankrupt.
Would it work with a pay what you want/think it's worth model? More curious than anything else as this is my preferred :)
I think it certainly could. But I also think a hurdle for all creators is that audiences don't think they should have to pay anything for content. Pay what you can generally becomes paying nothing. The traditional answer to this was to seek ad placement or sponsors, but now viewers don't they should have to watch ads either. As content obviously cost something to produce, revenue will need to be identified from somewhere for the sustainability of the ecosystem. My hope is by inviting the torrent community to become participants in the success of small stories, we can champion the rights and revenues of each other.
I've usually found the opposite (people want to pay for things, but if unnecessary stupidity like region locking keeps getting in the way then they're going to pirate). Otherwise well there's always going to be freeloaders.
One thing I seem to keep missing or misunderstanding if it's already been explained countless times in all your docs, would any given torrenter be able to just start seeding something to be able to earn the tokens to then start watching stuff or is a buy in required?