new economic model needed (Score 2, Insightful)

I agree with this post, you'll never be able to prevent any file sharing. That's a fact, whatever a computer can see/hear it can pirate it..
The RIAA and the MPAA would be better off using their money into finding a new way of selling music.

Crosbie Fitch has an excellent article at gamasutra which, among many other great things, exposes his views about a new economic model for such materials :

"It's not a problem to ensure that communication is secure, from vendor to purchaser, but how do you prevent the purchaser from passing on that information for nothing and thus devaluing it?
(..)
Why should anyone produce a movie, album, or other easily duplicated work of art if only a single sale can be obtained?
Well, it's difficult to swallow, but the answer has to be that the single sale must cover the cost, even in spite of the fact that the work is unlikely to have a resale value."

In software development it is called the Ransom Model. It worked great for Blender, why wouldn't it work for music and movies?
(yeah there are lots of reasons but this is a viable solution..)

cb