You can't make being a first-rate anything-recordable-or-broadcastable worth less than it is without getting rid of the tech that enables recording and/or broad

You can't make being a first-rate anything-recordable-or-broadcastable worth less than it is without getting rid of the tech that enables recording and/or broadcasting. First-rate ate all the value of the second-rates and down, and then some. Doesn't mean the talent has to get as much money as they do, I guess, but the money'll still be there. Sadder part's probably the loss of social capital for being a third-rate whatever. Lot fewer folk-song sing-alongs around the living room upright these days. Lot fewer cousin-bands playing at family gatherings. Ya know?