Similar analogies can be made for writers. I honestly think that new models of intellectual property economics will open up large income streams which will be much more lucrative to the artists than the cash generated under current intellectual property laws. As soon as people wise up to the fact that doing things the old-fashioned way hits their pocketbook by losing fans, they'll change. The challenge is to break out of the box of old-style thinking. You can still control your intellectual property, but in different ways then in the past.
Revolutions are painful.
Let me suggest Laurie and Michael that we take this discussion public by putting it in the next Letters to the Editor. No harm letting our readers know there's a diversity of views here. In the interest of brevity let's cut the comments from the item, but put them in Letters noting how they got there along with Laurie's and mine comments. Nice turn of phrase. LN here again.