> you can certainly bet on copyright remaining as is and/or becoming more restrictive In the short term, you're right. Gvoernment's aren't going to abolish cop

> you can certainly bet on copyright remaining as is and/or becoming more restrictive In the short term, you're right. Gvoernment's aren't going to abolish copyright, or significantly loosen it. On the contrary, the MPAA/RIAA is pushing them to impose a new and more restrictive copyright regime (3-strikes, ACTA treaty, etc). But, computers and the internet make perfect digital copying machines. And no government can afford to ban them, it it wants to continue to have an economy. So, over the next 10 years: more restrive copyright, less well enforced, with enforcement becoming totally impractical Eventually the rise of pirate parties will force governments to scrap the increasingly restrictive copyright laws. But as you say the "powerful, powerful organizations" will fight this every step of the way. Eventually, however, we'll win -- history is on our side -- and in their bones they know it too.