Copyright holders want this to work (as a repeal of the directive would be a far, far worse scenario), and will likely be more than willing to work with anyone who aims to make it work.
well yeah, but do they want it bad enough that I can go to all of the licensers and tell them "give me all your content for a small cost so I can fingerprint it and build a content identifier" ?
Old businesses have shown time and again they are unable to understand what's good for them if it moves from the way it was always done (some, at least).
Old businesses have shown time and again they are unable to understand what's good for them if it moves from the way it was always done (some, at least).