I, for one long for the day when the MPAA / RIAA and those who have perpetrated (and perpetuated) those organizations get their comeuppance. They will ride this tired old nag of a business model right into the grave - and why not? They realize that in the new model, there is no need for a distribution middle-man! They also know that in the new model, authors and producers will be able to market and distribute the content they create - and their parasitic layer will go the way of the Dodo.
I have my doubts, though, that in the current pro-big-business environment in the USA, that market forces alone will be sufficient to force the transition. Witness the unfettered feasting of the Petro-chemical monolith on the pocketbooks of every American. All started by a hurricane nearly two years ago, mind you - and one that gets not a penny of those ill-gotten gains.
When it happens it'll be good riddance, and well-earned, in my book. Bah. Not that I'm bitter.