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The Street Performer Protocol and Digital Copyrights

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The Street Performer Protocol and Digital Copyrights

by John Kelsey and Bruce Schneier

We introduce the Street Performer Protocol, an electronic-commerce mechanism to facilitate the private financing of public works. Using this protocol, people would place donations in escrow, to be released to an author in the event that the promised work be put in the public domain. This protocol has the potential to fund alternative or "marginal" works.

Contents

Introduction Why Copyright Will Be Hard to Enforce in the Future Alternative Funding for Copyrighted Works The Street Performer Protocol Mechanics of the Street Performer Protocol Applications: Public Financing of Public-Domain Works Conclusion

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