Does the Emergence on the Digital Download Signal the end of the Music Industry?

This statement, or ones much like it, have often been used in the past especially when there has been any significant advancement, not just in the entertainment, industries but in all areas of life. Film studios said that TV would make the cinema obsolete, cassettes would kill the music industry. These prophesies of doom however did not come to fruition, the advances made merely change the way in which we listened or viewed product. Digital downloads are no different. Yes a few years back there was and a lot of ‘piracy’. Now however with more flexible DRM laws, the funding and software Apple is producing, which makes operating inside the law easier for the consumer, coupled with a growing awareness of the need for internet security more and more people are using legitimate legal sights which actually contribute the music industry. Also people will always want to go to a live concert. As I said this is changing the way we listen to music as now we restrict our tastes by not needing to listen to anything that we don’t like. We are becoming more insular.