Do you ever wonder if entertainment as we know it may become extinct in the future? The thought struck me once while watching Star Wars. In that movie, the only entertainment the characters seem to consume is live music at the cantina with some dancing here and there. And, yes, I understand the irony of pondering entertainment while watching the movie – let’s set that fact aside.

The "used future"? Get used to it.

I guess what I wonder more about is all the copyright laws and paranoia that goes along with them. Since everyone has access to everything, there is no localized or regional productions so to speak. If I write a story and I live in New Mexico and somebody else writes a similar story and they live in Wisconsin, and we both post it online, who is copying whom? Is it not so unlikely that two people, if not more, may have the same or very similar ideas? We all want to protect our intellectual property but with so many people…

Also, there’s the issue of payment. As things get more and more free-of-charge, there’s less money to fund those creations. Will we figure at some time in the future that it’s not worth creating (at least as our primary job) because there’s truly no money in it?

I’m just thinking out loud. I’m guessing there are more than a few of you who have thought the same. And none of us have been paid for that thought either.

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