If you make disposable music, then of course it will be 'disposable'. That's not the fault of file-sharing. I do agree though that real artists are suffering, and do deserve to be paid for their work and creativity. You don't get shoes for free, not even the low-quality cheap type that fall apart on the second wearing. Someone put a few hours of their time into producing them, and we don't question the fact that they should receive compensation for their efforts no matter how low-quality the product. I don't know where the idea came that art should be free and that artists should not be paid for their work in the same way that those producing consumable goods do. It's strange that the people who believe that art should be free to all, are probably the first to scream and accuse running shoe manufacturers of employing slave-labor-like conditions in their factories without seeing the irony of their position: they're expecting musicians, painters and writers to produce, at their own expense, their products and receive NO compensation. That takes slave labor to a new level. That said, the following line from your article "but he does not fully understand everything that is happening" should tell you a lot about this man and the validity of his opinions. If you don't fully understand what is happening, then you are in no position to comment on it. Please wait until you do fully understand before dissing things. Otherwise, you're nothing more than a noisy parrot.

Evolve or perish - that is how we all must live our lives. You can't change the facts that George Bush and Barak Obama are both realities in the same dimension, just as the internet and competition. Your story looks only at the glass half empty. Why don't you look at the fact that the internet also gives young artists an opportunity to show their talent and become popular, something that required luck and connections to a good production company in Bob Dylan' days. Wikipedia may make encyclopaedias redundant and unprofitable to publish, but should we ban it? Today the internet is making everything available and one needs to reinvent the revenue model not just to survive but to thrive.