I’ve developed the idea a little more since then and added the following. See the post below, which answers some questions about gaming/exploiting the system.
Interesting idea!
All public data is watermarked by default. This removes one more speed bump for uploaders. This incentive encourages to me use the Network, even thought I have to pay to PUT.
One Condition
I think human feedback is necessary to assist the Network in determining rewards. The network can easily measure traffic, but doesn’t know if that traffic is (support or curiosity) by consumer.
One example could be a popular song that WILL get modified (to steal original uploader’s positi…