Registered Member #727 Joined: [ 10:25 ] [ 12 Nov 2004 ]
Don't we all, every now and then, at least a little? As for piracy, well, the industry is already trying to restrict us with DRM all they can, and has been since the DVD, with some success, I might add. Steam, for example, shows how software can be distributed without discs at all and with copy protection that has, according to Wikipedia, not yet been cracked. Services like Steam, the iTunes Music Store and similar are going to get more convenient, both because the companies behind them work, and because download speeds increase.
I hereby predict that the disc that comes after Blu-Ray or HD DVD will be the last to gain widespread use. All later ones will vanish like the ZIP drive or the LZ120 drive, or the Super Audio CD.