To compete against piracy, they also have to be easier than piracy. Netflix won against piracy because Netflix was easier and lower friction than hunting down pirate copies (because of the "one-stop-shop" aspect of Netflix).
Attempting to bring back a multitude of individual walled gardens, each wanting a separate entrance fee, will, as this article correctly notes, simply make piracy again the easier, lower friction, alternative, and the industry will kill the golden goose even before it is fully hatched.
If you are a pirate this is what you get:
http://i.imgur.com/GxzeV.jpg
To compete against piracy, they also have to be easier than piracy. Netflix won against piracy because Netflix was easier and lower friction than hunting down pirate copies (because of the "one-stop-shop" aspect of Netflix).
Attempting to bring back a multitude of individual walled gardens, each wanting a separate entrance fee, will, as this article correctly notes, simply make piracy again the easier, lower friction, alternative, and the industry will kill the golden goose even before it is fully hatched.