@n0toose Perhaps I should fashion some proof of concept? Make a PeerTube site that is just full of meme videos. It would only federate with an approved whitelist of other servers, and have some DRM-type mechanism, and take payment.
Then make another such service to complete the proof of concept. The companies would check each other to make sure they all implement the same DRM. An established minimum charging fee would exist, and some algorithmic method would give funds appropriately to studios.