It is consistent but useless if you have no suggestion as to what would replace the current system in a way that preserves the benefits to both parties.
1. Creators get a sustainable reward for their work. They wouldn't do it otherwise. I certainly don't do it for fun.
2. Consumers get to access that work as they wish.
(Of course, this being HN, I'd expect any ideas to apply to developers as well as to writers and artists i.e. if writers have to give up copyright, so do developers, startups, and so on.)
