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Re:Tim Berners-Lee approves Web DRM, but W3C members have tw... by bubblethink on Friday July 07, 2017 @06:36PM (#14722741)
>democratizing distribution among indie content producers

So I have this idea for a video/audio streaming website that operates like an open market. Website operator makes a cut for infrastructure costs. Other than that, the site runs pretty much on its own. No content deals, no drm, no geo restrictions, no ads. Some safeguards to limit abuse. A producer puts up content. Consumers consume content. Revenues are split between producers using some fair and transparent proportionality metric. Would there be any appetite for such a model ?

Re:Tim Berners-Lee approves Web DRM, but W3C members have tw... by techer on Friday July 07, 2017 @07:00PM (#14722890)
https://www.collide.com

Not sure if it fulfills everything and I like your model better.

Re:Tim Berners-Lee approves Web DRM, but W3C members have tw... by etatoby on Saturday July 08, 2017 @04:55AM (#14724693)
> no drm > no ads > revenues

Does not compute.

Re:Tim Berners-Lee approves Web DRM, but W3C members have tw... by phit_ on Friday July 07, 2017 @06:53PM (#14722854)
so Patreon plus content hosting?
Re:Tim Berners-Lee approves Web DRM, but W3C members have tw... by bubblethink on Friday July 07, 2017 @06:58PM (#14722883)
Patreon is more about supporting individual projects. I'm thinking more like netflix/spotify + youtube + ebay. As an end user, you still pay some monthly fees. The total money is divided up between all the producers using some metric minus operating costs. As a producer, your job is pretty much clicking on upload.