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Here's a story in the Mercury News, entitled Music downloads on the rise again, that quotes a new Pew survey regarding (illegal) file sharing. In short: it's growing and still well ahead of the legal alternatives such as iTunes. But, people have a different attitude about it -- "I understand that it's wrong and people shouldn't steal from the owners . . . but it's here and I want it . . ." But, it another study it quotes, indicates that file sharing is at its lowest ebb.
So, the question is: so what?
FWIW, I think the so what is that money will eventually win. The "business" model will succeed by making it more difficult and risky than it's worth to file share music and other copyright materials. It will take a while though because business has just woken up to the idea.
On that note, here's a neat article from the NYTimes about Steve Jobs and Apple's reinvention as a music/entertainment company.
Posted by Grayson at April 26, 2004 08:19 AM