It will probably still be broken. As for us consumers, we'll continue to be led by the nose. Guess its time to buy a player, Martha. DVD audio is then the next logical step. Yeah, sure, five channel surround sound.
Most people just have a couple of ill-placed stereo speakers.
Gee, we only have that on DVD audio. CDs won't be out till next year. Now you have recovered control over the content channel again. Piracy is still possible but you have much stronger legal sanctions against it. Yup, we're not making the mistakes we made with CDs again.