Is it possible to maintain such a project? I thought it was called popcorn-time, but earlier I remember MythTV. Both projects have seemingly been hobbled from general use, the main idea is to watch whatever you want, when you want, and it doesn't have advertising in it. (If the original source recording had it, then it could be removed.) Maybe it's overly dramatic to say I think this should be a human right, but maybe it isn't? I don't need advertising in my life, I think.
> how would there be any money to produce content?
the same way content on youtube gets produced today.
But this argument is a hyperbole. The content gets paid for, and some people will pay - convenience, access etc. The rest can free ride off those people. So far, it has worked.
convenience and access exist because it is not a human right to watch whatever you want when you want it. if there were such a right free content would be convenient and accessible.
Hypothetically, you could setup (maybe with crypto) a rewards system for people who contribute content, add storage to the network, do transcoding, etc, and then allow other people who don't want to do any of that to simply pay for accessing the mesh network. That would open up a flow of funds that the development organization could take a percentage of.
That being said, it's likely just a lawsuit honeypot at that point, so mostly a daydream :)
