>That would require all forms of media be passed through a distribution chain, which would be ridiculous.
It will happen. It's very easy for the bad guys to mandate at some point that all media must be passed through a distribution chain.
It _has_ happened in other forms. For example, once (not that long ago, a few decades) you could buy food products direct from the source. Now it has been outlawed in almost extinction, e.g in France (similar laws exist in the US).
Food (cheese, wine, tomatoes, etc) to be sold, has to pass several BS tests and production criteria, that are "for the good of the public", but that in essence prohibit anyone but large industries to be selling it, putting an end to a centuries old tradition of small local producers.
It will happen. It's very easy for the bad guys to mandate at some point that all media must be passed through a distribution chain.
It _has_ happened in other forms. For example, once (not that long ago, a few decades) you could buy food products direct from the source. Now it has been outlawed in almost extinction, e.g in France (similar laws exist in the US).
Food (cheese, wine, tomatoes, etc) to be sold, has to pass several BS tests and production criteria, that are "for the good of the public", but that in essence prohibit anyone but large industries to be selling it, putting an end to a centuries old tradition of small local producers.