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Originally Posted by nekokami
Perhaps rapid duplication will reward those who are able to produce new content quickly enough to stay ahead of the reproduction curve. But I think something like embedded advertising is more likely to be a factor. Rather than Mogui having to pay every time he reads a page, some advertiser should have to pay every time Mogui reads a page with their ad on it. (And as with the apples and ebooks that people get tired of after a while, it would be a good idea to have a way to rotate the ads so people have a chance of noticing them.)
Note: I'm not saying I wish my books had ads in them. I'm just noting that this is the most likely prospect I can think of for compensating authors, publishers et al in a world of essentially free digital replication of written content.
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Wow! This could work. I wouldn't mind some ads. Note: Concept officially added to the
DRMp2p idea. The author could choose whether to take on a sponsor for his eBooks and how much that would affect the cost of reading. I envision a standard cost of reading, but authors might quarrel with that. If the author could set the rate maybe he could play with supply/demand issues. The rate could be set within his account on the DRMp2p server on a book-by-book basis. If he added a sponsor, he could reduce or eliminate the royalty fee.