It's copywrite law that is sustaining these outmoded legacy media forms.

The law is supposed to serve the consumers, ultimately. Instead it is serving established big media interests. They are deliberately confusing the market and limiting availability.

It wouldn't require much to alter the law to allow internet streaming services to provide one-stop-shopping for all popular films, tv series, and music.

Normally, I want as little interference from govmint as possible. But there are cases where the gov can empower the individual to make the purchases they would make anyway with greater efficiency and for greater quality.

Everyone could receive a certain number of credits to spend on the media content of their choice. The big content generaters could be given a few years to make the big bucks and then paid to make digital forms for the net. Downloads could be monitored to pay content makers. The ten or twelve most improtant artists involved could be identified and ensured of royalties.

All we would need is more taxes and debt :/