Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!bbn!uwmcsd1!ig!agate!ucbvax!DIAMOND.BBN.COM!dm From: dm@DIAMOND.BBN.COM ("Dave Mankins") Newsgroups: comp.society.futures Subject: Re: Rewarding Researchers Without Restricting Copying Message-ID: <8806141718.AA04747@quartz.BBN.COM> Date: 14 Jun 88 19:37:51 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 5 X-Unparsable-Date: 1988-06-14-13:18:16 If you intend to pursue this, you might look into the way that ASCAP works. ASCAP is an agency that distributes royalties from broadcast stations to performers. I have no idea how it accomplishes its goal or enforces its rules.