The real end of Monopolies.

The real end of the World's monopolies will not come with a LAW.
It will come with a WAR.
The war of the many against the few.

The Internet is the Revolution.

There are two major problems for the broadcasting of entertainment (TV, Movies, Videogames) on IP

1) Bandwidth.
Now the TV is already broacasted via Cable or on the Fiber optic Networks.
Because there the bandwidth IS NOT a major problem.
When we want to download on the normal DSL, in a P2P way, we can easily see the limits.
The speed of downloads depends on the bandwidth that we HAVE and also on the bandwidth the one which gives us the content HAS.
And we are always on a queue. and the more alluring the content, the more it takes to get it.
Because we are talking about UNICAST.

The normal TV, Cable, satellite broadcasting is done in MULTICASTING.
If you consume 4 Megabits to stream a content, you consume it for one as well as for 1 million or more.

Multicasting is not possible FOR NOW on the Intenet, but will be in a very near future.
We already are able to compress from 4 Megabits to 256 Kilobits and still have a very good quality.

2) Content and Copyright.

Entertainment on IP will not only change the way the content is broadcasted, but the content itself.
First it will be "more global".
In Europe we will be able to watch at the same programs than in Japan.
But not only.
If you reduce the cost of producing content and broadcasting it, you also increase the number of producers and broacasters.
That means that the few that are ruling the market nowaday WILL loose the control of it. That means the REAL END OF THEIR MONOPOLIES.

Long live the Internet.