mike you're a cool cat. really. i was 10 feet away from you during your famous xbiz speech. you got nuts man. but you're giving this dude way too much shine like he's dr evil almighty... whatshisname from inspector gadget:
no single person and/or company can make or break this industry there are too many independents/rogues/rebels etc for this to happen. unless one company owns all the hosting, billing, and other struts that support everyones day to day ops business will continue as usual. this dude just so happens to be fortunate for the moment to have a chokehold on content/distribution and most people know this. do i think they will be around 10 years from now... heh. but if you still put out good stuff and stream it so its next to impossible to rip/share then you should be all good provided there is a demand for what you have. am i right or wrong here?