Good points - but Hollywood did not survive because of 'hindsight'. They are dysfunctional, and their playbook was simply 'DRM everything' and 'cross their fin

Good points - but Hollywood did not survive because of 'hindsight'. They are dysfunctional, and their playbook was simply 'DRM everything' and 'cross their fingers'. They really didn't do anything fundamental. They just pushed hard on the value chain for DRM. They are not sophisticated or coordinated to do anything really. They survived because the game is simply different - how and when we consume content. The investment scale etc.. It doesn't matter that 'the Avengers' isn't exactly historical, people want it, and stuff like that - and of course, there are great films made at that scale. If you can _absolutely_ better models, then you should share. Remind yourself that industries and consumer behaviours are hard to break, and that if people can 'easily' view 'free stuff' they will even if it's copyrighted. Ultimately, someone has to pay, or there have to be ads. There are just only so many ways you can configure that equation. Be it Hollywood, Netflix, Network TV, Public Broadcasting - most of the models are tried. Making even a $20M investment in a film is very risk - even with DRM and copyright - most films fail. It's a treacherous business. I personally do not think anything will change: video will be DRM'd, big pirates will be aggressively pursued, small time stuff will be fairly common, but most people will end up paying for video one way or another. Music is going to be very cheap from here on in.