Chris Andersen, who is the current editor of Wired Magazine and author of The Long Tail is proposing a new law he calls The Andersen Switch:

In the analog-to-digital conversion things that are paid will become free and vice versa.

This is a modern twist on the Negroponte switch

I have to say, this makes sense to me as I sit here and read the Sunday papers online for free and watch cricket on pay-TV.