The only way they could increase there sales would be to release limited versions of their commercial fonts for web use, which will make these fonts much more popular in other business sectors, which will in fact pay for the fonts.

Sure, it’s very likely that the font vendors will do something like that. We already started this.
But I think this is a side issue. There will be a market with millions of potential customers. The results of the survey support this.
But it’s always hard to see the full scope of it, as long as it’s not there. That’s why I think the quote about the automobile is appropriate.
Illegal copies and distribution are obviously a major concern here, but they will not stop this development. Music downloads are also a big market, even though you could get any MP3 for free and the files can be easily copied and re-distributed.

I would have been more happier if you hadn’t cited one sentence of my comment totally out of context.
As long as we can’t copy cars within nanoseconds your quote is just plain stupid.

My proposal would have improved the situation for everyone, not just the foundries. Or do we want lawsuits against our children like in the music or the film business?

Chris