I think it’s interesting how often we look at mp3s as the source of problems for the music business, but it’s worth taking a look at how CDs are the real problem. One of the things that got me thinking about it this week, is the idea of 3-D movies. More specifically, Avatar (which I still haven’t seen).

As much as they’re in trouble too, the film industry has done a great job at moving forward with new mediums. When DVDs were first released, they weren’t that easy to share. Once you figured out how to crack the copy protection, you had to compress it so that it would fit through the Internet’s pipeline. The majority of people who watch movies illegally are doing it on the backs of piraters who have done the heavy lifting for them.