Very worthwhile read

Check out this article on “The Cloud.” 

Has the concept of physical ownership become obsolete?  Some would argue that it already has transformed into streaming services such as The Cloud. For many music lovers who use social media, physical media or digital IP, means nothing. When many of us can be digital DJs with services such as Blip.fm, has streaming music replaced the traditional concept of owning an LP, Tape, CD, or DVD? 

Perhaps the issue is more about ‘getting ‘rather than ‘owning’.  So long as music lovers can get what they want when they desire it, will people care about the object?  Has the idea of pouring oneself over the LP or CD cover or artwork become unimportant?  Add to this the idea that storage for gigabyte after gigabyte of music has also become obsolete with streaming… and we have to ask, has the nature of keeping and loving music changed?  Have we instead reached the need for Cloud streaming of music where the physical object, artwork, and having vast storage become absurd?

Is “Owning” of music merely a trend that is passing beyond the veil… or is this just the early adaptors loving the new adaptation?