Some great points here.

I believe one point that may yet be left out of the conversation is that we think of music distribution to be entirely the thing of industry, and perhaps we need to envision, rather, developing quality communities instead. Is P2P a community? Yes, a huge one. Is P2P a quality community? No, because it doesn’t nurture it only leaches. I think our best way to counter the negative effects of P2P, and similarly harmful community behavior, is by educating and actively assembling supportive, nurturing communities that believe in feeding the well, not just taking from it. I think that we’re ready for this, as evidenced by the recent effect the environmental movement has had on society. The consequences are different, and certainly may seem trivial in comparison to mass exctinction, but it is perhaps a model, nonetheless.