The end of property

So it looks as if iTunes will be largely DRM-free by April. Will that save the music industry?  I'm still not seeing a great deal of evidence that younger people who group up in an era when they didn't have to pay for music will start paying for it like those of us who grew up when the only way to get good sound without paying was to . . . er . . . steal it.

I am assured by Larry Lessig fans that the bands will just make it up on concerts, and anyway, this is good for the smaller indie bands that right-thinking people like.  I will be more convinced when I see an actual increase in the number of quality musicians who don't have to supplement their art with a job delivering pizza.

This article available online at:

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2009/01/the-end-of-property/4539/