"Media is not a zero-sum game" (Part 2)

Libraries still check out DVDs and videos in an age of Netflix.  (Though $7.99 a month for unlimited downloads of movies and television shows is an extremely attractive offer.)

Link to November 25 New York Times article, "Netflix's Move Onto the Web Stirs Rivalries".

Excerpt:  In a matter of months, the movie delivery company Netflix has gone from being the fastest-growing first-class mail customer of the United States Postal Service to the biggest source of streaming Web traffic in North America during peak evening hours.

That transformation — from a mail-order business to a technology company — is revolutionizing the way millions of people watch television, but it’s also proving to be a big headache for TV providers and movie studios, which increasingly see Netflix as a competitive threat, even as they sell Netflix their content.

Mentioned in this article.

 Wall Street Journal Review

New York Times interview