It seems like recording companies and the entertainment industry are winning their battles with the new digital cowboys. But it’s not so: “What’s happening to the entertainment industry is the same thing that happened to the brokerage business when on-line stock trading appeared: An industry built on one business model feels fear when something new appears that threatens that way of doing business. The New Economy word for this kind of thing is ‘disintermediation’, and it’s breaking out all over thanks to the Internet.” – The Globe and Mail (Canada)