"If you steal a pack of gum from Walmart, you have a problem. If your whole town goes to Walmart, loots it, and blows the store up, Walmart has a problem. You can�t arrest the whole town." -- that is a good analogy to what is going on in the media industry, whereas Bitorrents or p2p networks are chased for the simply fact that they figured out a simple distribution channel in a business model creating too little value for its fees.

Can you actually imagine that future TV will be a web-based front office whereas you make a playlist with any show you would like to see, in order you would like to. All that against a monthly subscription. If it's possible for audio files, why wouldn't it be possible for video - the trick is that the current players should change their mindsets for figuring out different avenue models. And yes, that is the more difficult to do. 

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