The web sampled, remixed, warped, chopped and screwed

The amazing kultiman youtube remixes have been all over the blogosphere, twitterscape and other various webiverses, so I haven't felt the need to comment or linkify. Like other viewers, I though it was interesting and illegal, and I was going to let it stew a while before posting anything, but i don't think I can solidify my thoughs any better than what I read from Merlin Mann over at 43 folders. Here's the pull quote I choose that hit me with laser-precision:

Because, this is what your new Elvis looks like, gang. And, eventually somebody will figure out (and publicly admit) that Kutiman, and any number of his peers on the “To-Sue” list, should be passed from Legal down to A&R.

Can we figure out a way for musicians to be paid that allows this kind of creation to be legal WITHOUT jumping through a myriad of legal hoops? Why can't the whole web be a playground for remixing? If everything is meta-tagged, our tools just need to hold on to the metadata throughout the remixing/revisioning process. Then when we stick it back on youtube, all the original artists get a few more pennies of the general copyright fund™ each time it's played. Why aren't we ALREADY doing this?