I had some background discussions with PACT while preparing my interview with Ashley and what I learned (unsurprisingly) is that rights holders want to be compensated; the actual method is up for discussion. They hear that DRM doesn't work or is ineffective, but they don't see an alternative. Pooling schemes hit a roadblock: many rights holders hope to have a very successful creation and be compensated for that far over and above what other rights holders might earn. I believe that tracking viewing (and by that I mean anonymised aggregates, not Phormlike snooping) is probably key to eliminating DRM.
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