&gt; <i>there likely are ways to do things in a decentralised way</i><p>Judging by recent trends in media consumption (DRM, iTunes, Kindle, Audible, Netflix, Google Play, Facebook, etc), nobody is going to do that, the overall strategy being to lock-in users and screw them of any sense of control, portability and ownership and to milk publishers for all their worth.<p>Decentralized you say? That&#x27;s wild imagination.