That seems to me to be the fairest way to do it.

I suppose there would be people who cheat at it, people will always find a way. I guess they'd have to agree to a surprise audit or something like that. If it's all download, I suppose you could make the log files available.

Back in the 1990s I wanted to sell MIDI backing tracks. So I went to the Harry Fox Agency and directly to publishers that HFA didn't represent.

The red tape was strangling. Some wanted up to $2.50 per song, some wanted 500 unit royalties in advance, some denied, and I gave up. 3 years later some publishers were still sending me their decision. I suppose it's better than that now, it was the early days of MIDI.

I would think the publishers would try to make it easy for someone to pay them royalties, but I'm on the outside looking in, there are unknown unknowns to me.

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