Settling in to the new music business

I'm excited about the shift we're seeing at the music industry / technology conferences this fall. This time last year the bulk of the talk surrounded DRM and piracy. This year those voices aren't so dominant. Sure, you still hear the odd reference to the subjects during a conversation, but it's usually just an aside or a footnote. We seem to have turned the corner as the major record labels relinquish their grip on the world's distribution channels or more accurately, fail to control the emerging channels.

There is a striking difference in that today the discussions are focusing on not what has been lost but what is now possible. There is wild experimentation going on. Most experiments have failed as they've echoed 1999's "new economy" mistakes of traffic=profit, but some of them are sticking. I think we still have a ways to go before things stabilize but the signs are pointing to a profitable, sustainable industry.

Which of today's music services do you think are going to stick? Which ones will fade away?