David Bowie Predicts The End Of Copyright

His deal with Sony is a short-term one while he gets his label started and watches the Internets effect on careers. "I dont even know why I would want to be on a label in a few years, because I dont think its going to work by labels and by distribution systems in the same way," he said. "The absolute transformation of everything that we ever thought about music will take place within 10 years, and nothing is going to be able to stop it. I see absolutely no point in pretending that its not going to happen. Im fully confident that copyright, for instance, will no longer exist in 10 years, and authorship and intellectual property is in for such a bashing.""Music itself is going to become like running water or electricity," he added. "So its like, just take advantage of these last few years because none of this is ever going to happen again. Youd better be prepared for doing a lot of touring because thats really the only unique situation thats going to be left. Its terribly exciting. But on the other hand it doesnt matter if you think its exciting or not; its whats going to happen."
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