The problem for the music and video industry is that digital copies are very different from other products. You can not easily duplicate a car or a toaster for example. When you copy a file, the original is not destroyed. It does not even lose value. Business models around content are primarily about selling convenience in a world of scarcity.

By clinging to archaic delivery models media companies are digging their own graves. Most customers are willing to pay for good and easily accessible content, unfortunately the industry is failing to meet this demand.

“Piracy is a business model problem not a human behavior problem.”
Fred Wilson

The Spider thing is scary, isn’t it ?

After the visit the American entrepreneur invited his soviet counterpart to visit Detroit to see an American car factory. As the Russian was touring the production line he asked his tour guides “Who owns this factory?” “Henry Ford”. “Who owns the equipment?” “Henry Ford”. And as they came outside, he pointed to the line of cars in the car park. “Who own these cars” “We do” came the reply.