Actually I have been toying with this idea as a new way to produce art. Books. Movies, etc.

Because if take as an axiom that "once it's out there, it will be copied" then what if all the reliable money to be made was already made before the movie was released, and at the theaters, concerts, and physical books?

You could follow the progress of movies and fund them if you liked what you saw.

But there needs to be more incentive.