If you look back to a comment I made earlier in this discussion,
you'll find a suggestion that could answer the goals of both
camps. Admittedly, I had multi-media works in mind, but the
concept involves a distinction between the archival record
and the ability to read it. The interface required would reside
on a computer that will open the document when allowed to do so
by the copyright holder. This presumes a live wire interconnect
to the publisher, but such an assumption seems allowable in
what Stewart is arguing is a brave new world of digital
archiving. What the computer can do with the document once
it is loaded is a big question, but we have a model
in satellite transmissions of video where the analog version is
let out of the bag, but the digital version is blocked.
Perhaps a block on hard copy would protect writers. This is
not to say the piracy could be stopped, but it would be as
much trouble to carry out and carry the same risks as contemporary
instances of such types of intellectual theft.
I also had the notion that the keys held by the copyright
holder would be made public after the copyright expired and
that the user would always be allowed a "fair use" access to
the document.