Today, we can exchange data, transact business, invest, shop, learn, even provide medical and other professional services over great distances. We have only begun to see the tip of the iceberg of entertainment on the Internet. This Iceberg is very visible and will not sink our Titanic future. The screen will be large and flat, clear and movie like. Changes and good sounds are on the way.
Music formats are likewise in an evolution.
These new formats are really not different from the Gutenberg revolution. They allow more music to go out from more sources to more average people. Peoples in the world who may not have a CD player might have a computer with Internet Access. In some countries a computer is more revered than a car. The record publishers of yesteryear merely need to realize the great potential.