This sounds so much like what people do when traveling to China...

Very well put... I like the analogy... but, I can also see the reasons why the content generators are looking for DRM like solutions. Can you propose a good solution in which the video rental model will work during these initial periods where the content generator _is_ allowed to make money off of their creations? The solution shouldn't _depend_ on folks paying up because they are good guys.... something along the lines of getting a news paper delivered to your house... just over the internet.