Two significant developments in the future:
1.) Copyright will go away or at least become unenforceable.
2.) Advertising costs (and the corresponding ability to monetize the distribution thereof) will approach zero. The only people who will ‘make money’ from advertising will be the creative types.
Copyright will go away or at least become unenforceable.
I agree, at least so far as journalism is concerned. Because what has been happening is that the AP monopoly has produced an opinion publicity monopoly which is exactly counter to the intent of the First Amendment, and explains the success of socialist politicians who pander to that monopoly. Books, maybe not.