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It is true that digitalization makes copying very easy, but I think that all those "all industry will fall down" articles means just one thing: the author has no idea. Technologies are changing the world for centuries, some industries don't exist any more, some new have arrived and economy goes on. To claim that music or books are doomed and there's nothing we can do about it is just the lack of ideas, the lack what to do next. Do I know what to do? I have no clue. But I also didn't see iPod coming and Steve Jobs did. The fact is that there is a very small number of people who are creative enough to create something revolutionary new and establish new ways of doing business or a completely new industry. The rest of us can just follow. So, "newspapers are dead", "music industry is dead", "books will be dead" in fact means "the market is changing and I don't know what will follow in the years to come". So, don't take journalists (like me) and "industry gurus" for granted, they just don't have a clue what to do. And in the meantime enjoy reading on Kindle.
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