Whatever happened to the supposed future where information wanted to be free, and we would have these video libraries of the future that would contain virtually

Whatever happened to the supposed future where information wanted to be free, and we would have these video libraries of the future that would contain virtually infinite selection? It did seem for a few years at least that we were headed in that direction. It would be interesting if there was a Popcorn Time style app that only streamed content older than 20-30 years and required you to do oAuth login for paid services that support independent artists. It might not be any less illegal, but it might seem reasonable to a lot of people that wouldn't support a less targeted form of piracy.