Looks like the arts patronage is back.
People often ask what there could be instead of copyright, and patronage is one of the options.
Besides targeted donations like this, you could have a general fund (restricted geographically, or worldwide), and pay a portion of it out based on viewership.
Anyone who donated anything at all to the fund gets to go to the performance/movie/play/circus, etc. They count how many viewers they had, then they get a proportional amount.
In exchange they don't claim copyright, only moral rights.
To encourage donations people above certain funding levels get extras, like backstage visits, lunches, public thanks, etc.
People often ask what there could be instead of copyright, and patronage is one of the options.
Besides targeted donations like this, you could have a general fund (restricted geographically, or worldwide), and pay a portion of it out based on viewership.
Anyone who donated anything at all to the fund gets to go to the performance/movie/play/circus, etc. They count how many viewers they had, then they get a proportional amount.
In exchange they don't claim copyright, only moral rights.
To encourage donations people above certain funding levels get extras, like backstage visits, lunches, public thanks, etc.