Oh, not watch, but listen.  That&#x27;s not to say you couldn&#x27;t push a video to each user&#x27;s account as well, but I&#x27;m saying the only thing that would change about (at least in this case a comedian&#x27;s performance) is you would hear the performer crystal clear and wouldn&#x27;t have to worry about distractions nearby.  The audio of the performance would be broadcast directly to your phone and heard through your headphones.<p>And why not, you could even add back the acoustic effects into the stream so people still feel like they&#x27;re listening to the performance in a big hall (or wherever the venue might be).<p>EDIT:  And I think the solution doesn&#x27;t necessarily fight back against new technology.  Rather I think this embraces new technology.  Sure it does take steps to protect the content, but that&#x27;s only because these days it&#x27;s so easy for anyone with a phone to distribute live shows in pretty much real time if they want to.  If comedy becomes a lost art and is no longer interesting to people as a form of entertainment then perhaps another form of entertainment will take its place.  But if that doesn&#x27;t happen I can&#x27;t see how a popular form of entertainment can &quot;adapt&quot; into something that is &quot;different than it used to be&quot; in order to prevent piracy.<p>I already think artists have more or less warmed up to the idea that they need to incorporate more live shows into their regimen to make a living at it.  But then all of a sudden it&#x27;s easy to pirate that content as well.  It certainly feels like a problem that needs to be addressed.  Before long if recorded entertainment isn&#x27;t making any money, and now live entertainment can&#x27;t be expected to make any money, what&#x27;s left besides looking in the classifieds for something else entirely?