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by TimJYoung 3408 days ago
Thanks for the replies.

I think that we're going to see how this all shakes out soon enough, and it will probably be one of the business stories of the 21st century.

If the current model is sustainable, then it will continue. I personally think that too much value is being captured on the distribution side, that the content creators are wise to it, and that you're going to see a continual shift in power back to the content creators as they become more and more creative in how they withhold content from free-rider distribution/access platforms that they view as a net negative to their bottom line.