One of the big problems is... you can't free a slave. They have to free themselves.

They have to realize they are slaves, then desire freedom, and then work towards that freedom. Then you can help them.

I feel a better way to describe the technology we are seeing is "it cuts out the middle man"

T.H.E.Y. set themselves up as the gatekeepers.
You wanted entertainment, you got it through T.H.E.M.
You wanted news, you got it through T.H.E.M.
You wanted stuff, you got it through T.H.E.M.
You wanted money, you got it through T.H.E.M.

Like you used to have to buy music from their stores, from their labels, from their distribution. Now, anyone can set up a site to distribute MP3s.

We still do not have a good source for getting music consumers in connection with music makers. But it will come.