not so fast, scompton - vinyl was never as mass-marketed as other formats, including books (which are under a similar transformative pressure from networked media), and consider that the vaunted
long tail is one thing,
commoditizing mp3s is another: quality will come back as a differentiating factor not just in marketing, but in formats.
of course music labels continue to
compete with iTunes, but hopefully without ever
bringing back DRM...