If/when stealing cars becomes easy and without consequence (ie, I can copy yours and have my own), I suspect the auto industry would be in the exact same boat as the record industry is now.
I look forward to that day so we can all have awesome hybrid vehicles that run on garbage. I suspect people will also be able to make awesome mashups so I can get an EV Jeep pickup or a 2012 convertible beetle.
The stealing bit is a red herring. Copying is not stealing. I'm pretty sure I can now borrow a car and, if someone was willing to lend me a fully equipped workshop for free, build an exact replica of it without cost (in money). So in that sense, a car and a music file are the same. It's just that it's practical to do it with a music file, and not (yet) with a car.
I look forward to that day so we can all have awesome hybrid vehicles that run on garbage. I suspect people will also be able to make awesome mashups so I can get an EV Jeep pickup or a 2012 convertible beetle.