I still say we're already seeing this with iTunes. You're paying for it, yes, but it's a reasonable price and in exchange you're getting assurance of a certain level of quality and legality, as well as a reasonable assurance that the product you want will be available, even if it's somewhat obscure (a common problem with BitTorrent is that, since a file's availability depends on how many users are uploading bits of it, less popular files can take weeks or months if there are few or no uploaders available). Movie executives are sitting on a potential gold mine here, but when people are already successful they're often loathe to change the formula they know works - especially when said formula is enshrined in any number of distribution contracts and setups that would require hiring attorneys and spending huge amounts of money to change. So, like any other situation where there's demand for a product but no legal availability, the black market steps in, and no amount of DRM or copy protection is going to change that.

The frustrating thing about being a person who sees the patterns that make up the bigger picture is that, when faced with an individual or organization that insists on only looking at or responding to the tiniest part of any given picture, you just want to beat them over the head and go "Look! Look at what you're missing! Can't you see why you're losing this war?"