It is patently obvious to all but the ossified music and video industry that you can't treat bits like an object. Music and video have to be free. But artists and those that provide services to them deserve to be supported and when they're good, to be rich!

If you want to jump-start the economy, create a cheap subscription service. It will more than pay the artists and the industries that really serve them. And it will UNLEASH sales of hardware/software like NOTHING ELSE.