But the online copyright problem may be resolvable by a simple, sweeping permission method. This proposed system, which anyone may use, would allow broad re-use of materials in exchange for automatic tracking of ownership.
Payment goes to the original publisher and credit to the original author.
But it might be sensible to ask another question in reply. That is how I see the issue of copyright in digital media. There is a hunger for the re-use of media. If we can find a legitimate way to feed this hunger, then perhaps the stealing will not be necessary. Today's central controversy seems to be the question of how to manage copyright and royalty on the sale of digital content.