I am not saying that posting garbage to the blockchain instantly makes it a classic, and I am not saying steemit will find the next Shakespeare (or even the next Classic (capital "C") content). I am merely saying that presently, the opportunity to get recognition for creating something that could end up being classic does not exist on steemit. After all, if blockchains are forever, they are way better then a copyright owned by a publishing company, so when do they grow up and start acting like it?

For instance, if Shakespeare published on steemit under the current system he would get paid in the first 24 hours, then after 30 days, then no more, and he wouldn't make much of anything. Then some time later he would die and a few of the actors he worked with would remember, "hey those plays were pretty good," they would replay his works and realize that they were all brilliant, only now, his decedents can not benefit from them (as I am sure his wishes would have been, because he was probably broke all his life, writing stupid plays), and they would probably get re-posted somewhere else, somewhere that could pay. Why not open up this opportunity to pass on ownership keys to take care of future generation long after the death of the original artist if that artists work becomes a classic? If it doesn't become a classic, the cost is 0. Really struggling to see how this isn't a win win.