This is a terrible idea.
First, what you are suggesting and the fact that you refer to it as a "syndicate" that will use coercive methods to create market controls is illegal. Say hello to a RICO prosecution. I am surprised Pornlaw didn't point this out because he has had the only reasonable points in the thread so far.
And he is right, the things everyone should do they don't, like copyright and trademark.
For so many years I have heard "we should do this" from people that inevitably just expect someone else to pony up and do all the work and pay all the money to deal with their problems. As someone that actually helped put a group together which in fact did something to protect the industry I can tell you a ton of reasons it will never happen.
The first and most important reason is this is a business not a humanitarian effort. Your competition doesn't care if your losing out to pirates; on the contrary, they celebrate it.
