The Future of Internet and Music

Internet is affecting media more and more every year, as consumers start to progress toward using the internet for everything. We already use the internet to download music and movies, but I see the future bringing more copyright rules about internet media use. When the world reaches the age in which we no longer have the need or the option to buy hard disks for music and movies, the recording companies and artists will want to do away completely with free downloading programs such as Limewire. Monthly subscription services could be offered, as well as pay per song, that programs such as iTunes already offer. There will be increasingly more legal battles over the ownership of music and more people will get in trouble for downloading free media. Of course, streaming radio will still be offered for free and cars may have internet radio instead of the regular and satellite radio that we have today.