20050921 an addendum to the sharing license instead of charging a flat fee for access to a catalog of works, sell shares in its distribution rights. that way, the more people your customers convince to distribute it, the less they will pay each.
as if the availability of the product were not promotion enough for a given information work, now we get viral peer promotion.
create a formula that allows the absolute revenue generated by a catalog to rise in proportion to the number of licensed sharers while still lowering the subscription price paid by any given individual.
— Nato Welch 2006/03/12 10:31
Cons of the model
Doesn't stop downloading
While we think this is trivial, it could make it a hard sell.
darknets will take over
Dijjer, feedtree, allpeers are getting better at creating p2p nets that perform like public ones, but take place entirely over trusted, authenticated, private darknets. if share fare can't locate infringers, it loses it's best marketing channel. sadly, current cartel behaviour will force this to happen. the window is closing - if it's even still open.
— Nato Welch 2006/03/17 00:58
