The end of music. Not.

Entertainment companies say that file-sharing is killing music. They say that, if left unchecked, it will prevent new music from being commissioned.

Although I can see the rationale of their position (from a commercial perspective), I'm unconvinced of a doomsday scenario.

But perhaps I'm wrong. What do you think? If file-sharing is left unchecked, and a generation grows older paying for less and less music that they download, will any of the following scenarios come about?

1. No new music will be made. Western civilisation will cease to create or record any new music. Music will become a thing that used to be created. There will be no new bands, no new songwriters.

2. Anyone who did want to write a song will now, instead, go back to night-courses in an RTC to gain a junior accountancy degree.

3. With no new music being created, people will eventually stop listening to music. The only people who will play music will be Ronan Collins and Gay Byrne.

Is this really possible? Is music about to become a thing of the past? Hard to imagine.