> Instant access to all music (or, a very large subset) all the time means ... a big shift in how people consume and think about music. Once all the technical

> Instant access to all music (or, a very large subset) all the time means ... a big shift in how people consume and think about music. Once all the technical barriers are gone, there still remains limitation of one human's capacity and ability to cope with huge number of titles, artists etc. Try as I might, it's not feasible for me to consume more than about 16h/day of music and movies, regardless of technological progress. Moreover, it takes nontrivial amount of time and effort to just find music and movies matching your taste, limiting the theoretical 16h to way less. Back then all one had were his and his friends' LPs and a handful of radio stations. Now I /teoretically/ could access any music -- but I'll rather listen to something my friends, or (a business opportunity here!) an advisor recommends for me. There is, and will be, a natural scarcity in multimedia in any foreseeable future, with our cognitive capacity being the ultimate limiter. And there will still be mad money to be made by picking the right track and show for the consumer.