I'm not sure I agree. I definitely agree with the latter part about broken metaphors. I'm just not sure how well that agrees with the first part. In my opinio

I'm not sure I agree. I definitely agree with the latter part about broken metaphors. I'm just not sure how well that agrees with the first part. In my opinion, the broken metaphor that the blog is being chaffed by most is the metaphor of "owning content." We've never owned "content" before. Not as consumers. Labels & licensing companies owned "content" or "rights" or somesuch. Consumers owned records, books or video tapes. When you own a video tape the rules are dictated (or at least suggested) by reality. You can watch it as often as you want. If you (and your equipment) take care of it, it will last a long time. You can loan it, you can sell it , you can give it away. These days, "owning a song" is a metaphor. A broken one. These "ecosystems" are largely systems for maintaining this metaphor. I have hope that most of the problems with roots in realities (eg controlling your Apple TV with an android phone) will be dulled over time. The ugly problems being caused by broken metaphors trying to simulate the past when we owned CDs will have ugly solutions.