[a fool in paradise]

DVD/CDs are quickly going to go the way of VHS tapes and LP records. You can already stream most older TV shows off the Internet and before too long, you will be able to stream just about anything that was every recorded.

Until they decide to:

(A) Turn off the stream of the show you want ("taking that program out of rotation for awhile")
(B) Raise the price of the programming you want (either by bundling offerings or simply raising licensing fees)
(C) Question whether cigarette use and other non-PC content has been trimmed from the streamed version
(D) force you to watch 25% advertising for 75% programming
(E) force you to relinquish privacy rights over your viewing habits.

[SamAdams76]

That's being overly paranoid. A government able to modify/restrict what we can stream over the Internet is also a government that can come into your house and seize all your "contraband" DVD/CDs.

In other words, what we watch on television will be the least of our problems if that ever comes to pass.