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Originally Posted by DawnFalcon
Make it hard enough online, and it'll come back. That's one of the ironys of big media's stance.
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Personally, I think big media is dead. Their entire business model relies on the difficulty of making and distributing copies. Buggy whips.
Most of the big record labels are circling the drain right now. I don't think many people expect EMI to last more than a couple of years, for instance. The tipping point is coming soon, because once the percentage of online sales hits a certain point, artists are going to realize that they won't be limiting their sales by not releasing on CD. And with no physical production, there's even less reason to get involved with a record label (at least a traditional one). Wait and see what happens as some big acts' recording contracts expire in the next few years.
I'd say that fiction book publishing is on the same curve, but 5 years (at the most) behind music. I think it will go faster, too, because the iPod has pretty much paved the way for people to get used to electronic devices and electronic distribution. Look at Podcasting, and ask yourself what's likely to happen along those lines in the written word.