Maybe the indies and the private trackers would be able to to do some serious crowdsourcing/microfinancing business if the big guys would leave each other alone. If the authors premise that TPB and the RIAA are reinforcing each other is true, this would be a good path. It seems however that the obvious trend is that filesharing is a permanent fixture of the new distribution model and that whichever side figures out the best way to monetize everything else while leaving the actual songs completely free will be the victors. Whether the pirates are involved is a superflous concern. They just happen to have a better grip on the technology at the moment.
In the end, its about efficiency. In a time of recession this is even more pronounced. Torrents or something similar will always provide a cheap way to distribute information. Just build an economy around it :)
