Music Download

[_Acid_Head_]

Me and a few friends had a conversation about piracy and the future of the music/movie industry a few days ago. I really, *REALLY* doubt that there will be anything that will put a stop to piracy as it is now, small, easy to share mp3s and DIVX encoded movies that have high quality sound and picture, my friends agreed. What I beleive the next step for the industry is: Quality. Let me explain, once they realize there's no possible way of putting an end to piracy, there will be a marketing boom, the industries will have to find a reason for people to WANT to buy their movies and music, the answer? High-capacity disks. Ever seen a 50gb disk? I have, it's kept in a clear cartridge, because any small scratch will damage the disk, thus making the scratched segment unplayable. Mp3s and DIVX movies off the net are of mid-good quality, but nothing compared to 256-bit quality sound, or DvD+ quality picture (you can get some actual DVD rips off the net, but they take very long to download even on broadband). Some new encoding will have to be released, with better quality, but obviously, will have take up a lot more space. Thus, the problem is solved, people will want to buy higher quality merchandise, who wouldn't want to see The Matrix at some insane resolution on their HDTV on some super-DvD player? Or listen to 256-bit quality music over their stereo or comp?

Of course, none of this can be accomplished now, because of the small technological advances that have to take place, but I'm almost sure this is exactly what's going to happen in ~10 years.