https://venturebeat.com/2018/01/14/facebook-punks-partners-again-how-publishers-can-fight-back/ talks about Europe's royalty model for publishing, wherein writers/journalists get paid when their material is posted on social media (i.e., when a social network makes ad money by linking to the content), the same way musicians/labels get paid every time their pieces are played on the radio.
It sounds great.
Then I remembered Steve Yegge's epic post deconstructing how devilishly complicated the details of complex things like this can get: https://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2009/04/have-you-ever-legalized-marijuana.html
@22 IMO, universal basic income sounds like a better way to ensure that artists, writers, musicians, performers, caregivers, and others who do work that's socially necessary but not valued by the market get some monetary compensation for their efforts.
@starbreaker could be! I hope someone tries it soon so we can see its flaws, if any.
