But whether the industry is shrinking, or sales are down, is not really the question. That is really what the industries themselves care about. The important th

But whether the industry is shrinking, or sales are down, is not really the question. That is really what the industries themselves care about. The important thing is whether we, the public, have sufficient production, which is a somewhat different thing. And various measures show production has not fallen, in fact it has risen, significantly. One example: http://www.unifr.ch/controlling/seminar/2009-2010/oberholzer_harvard_File-Sharing_and_Copyright_2010-01-12.pdf http://www.unifr.ch/controlling/seminar/2009-2010/oberholzer... . And does it seem like we have less music, films, books now? It seems quite the opposite to me. If we are currently living through 'the worst case scenario' and an industry 'a fraction of its previous size', we seem to be doing pretty damn well.