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It sounds like we're down to services and live performances. I think you just eliminated most of the classes of content that you likely consume in a recorded form. And in the software world, some would say hosted services should be freely available as well (viz. AGPL), thereby driving absolutely everyone to commodity pricing.

> Allowing copies only when somebody "agrees" (usually for money) is protectionism and for-profit censorship, pure and simple, and I am against it.

Crazy town. I only now noticed your "*-gnu" handle, but things make more sense now.

Just out of curiosity, what do you have in mind for a suitable business model?



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