In a healthy economy, markets come and markets go. The market in recorded music is gone, and I believe that in due course the same will be true for video & movies. At about the time that these markets were establishing themselves, the automobile was destroying the market for buggys and buggy whips.
The 'Entertainment' business has no inherent *right* to exist. If it does, it does. If it goes away, a lot of 'middle men' providing ever more dubious value adds to artist's work will have to find some other rock to live under.
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In a healthy economy, markets come and markets go. The market in recorded music is gone, and I believe that in due course the same will be true for video & movies. At about the time that these markets were establishing themselves, the automobile was destroying the market for buggys and buggy whips.
The 'Entertainment' business has no inherent *right* to exist. If it does, it does. If it goes away, a lot of 'middle men' providing ever more dubious value adds to artist's work will have to find some other rock to live under.