These sites would have no users if it wasnt for the highly valuable content that millions love and clamor for; content that cost millions to make and even more

These sites would have no users if it wasnt for the highly valuable content that millions love and clamor for; content that cost millions to make and even more to market. Overall by the looks of it, it's going to be increasingly hard to maintain and profit from sites like these. Maybe this will force us back to desktop software like limewire, but a modern version.