Labels and publishers will now have to develop musically advanced methods of encryption that protect and enable the artist to enjoy the fruits of their labor. Education will become increasingly more important to the new musician. An artist will need to create additional revenue streams and avenues of interest for their creations. Knowledge of publishing, distribution, accounting, marketing, networking, promotion and more will be needed. Somewhere in the midst of this madness there is a core reality, and that reality is the major record labels around the world will have to spend a lot of money to try and keep it business as usual.
Technology marches on.