Abstract: System and method for rewarding the creators, owners, and distributors of digital media are enclosed. The system enables creators and owners to sell digital media to consumers via the Internet. When a consumer purchases the media, the creator or owner is rewarded. The system also enables each consumer who purchases the media to become a distributor, providing tools to promote and sell copies of that media to subsequent purchasers. A subsequent sale rewards both the distributor and the creator or owner. Further sales continue to reward the creator or owner and all or some of the previous distributors along the chain of distribution. The creator or owner sets the sales price, and the rewards are a percentage of the sales price. The creators', owners', and distributors' rewards are determined by their proximity to the most recent sale.