Elf Sternberg

Should the distributors 'win', that will only hasten their downfall. Already there are more musicians and writers distributing works freely or under copy-left than there are working in the industry.

Admittedly most of it is crap, and would never be picked up by the distributors anyway, but that's really the whole point. Distributors are now fundamentally unneccessary. You don't need a contract with a big label to build a fan following, though maybe that would bring you more money if you did.

The point being is that is actually impossible for big business to 'win' in that way without making itself irrelevant to the culture.