Bittorrent is the place most of us get movies, TV shows and programms.
The Scene is who put the content in. According to wikipedia article they are of highly motivated voluntaristic nature where monetization is frowned upon. Or that might be just one side of the picture, that is what I want to find out.
If there might be an easy way to donate to artist or releaser with your smartphone fingertap in a totally decentralized and authority free way... Like binding the hash of the torrent to the bitcoin donation address with
namecoin or
dianna.
But do we really want this? What effect would it have on The Scene? The prosecution of The Pirate Bay founders used their revenue points as a leverage. The inflow of money into so-called piracy will increase the quantity and reduce median quality. Not to mention the outrage of "the old style" that will start the financial war.
On the other hand this is clear and unavoidable advance in technology and the empowerment of the 99%