One ad in particular that later struck me as prescient was the ~1999 Quest ad of the guy asking what movies a hotel had: "All rooms have every movie in every language, anytime, day or night."
At first I took that in as a funny statement. Then after a few seconds in just became sad. Damn media companies suck. Where would they be without Napster and The Pirate Bay showing them where the pent up demand is/will be?
No, seriously. They don't care about fulfilling consumer demand; whatever they predict will be most profitable is naturally what they will do. They are a company after all.
Imagine a video library with every movie you've ever watched cataloged, searchable, and instantly viewable on any device you own. Then imagine that video library being smashed to bits by DRM and the DMCA.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZ9qcp6Lcno