Obsolete industries

Clearly, the story of RCA's involvement in the history of FM radio as discussed in Lawrence Lessig's Free Culture bears similarity to the role of the RIAA and MPAA in this century's battles over digital media rights. The business of the distributors of movies and music are threatened by new distribution channels, whether legal or illegal. Who needs a music label when you can sell your new CD online yourself? RCA is no longer a major force in American radio; someday the major record labels will have been made obsolete by emerging technological developments.