Why the internet is a good thing for creatives

In the fun of the Fringe, I missed this one from Steve Lawson:

The point being, we so often forget just what an astonishing revolutionary tool we have under our fingers as we type. Take a typical Facebook posting. You find something cool on YouTube – a song, a cat that dances, a kid throwing poo at a garden gnome – whatever, you post the link, which then plays the video whenever someone who you are friends with wants to see it. If they want to share it, they just hit the ‘like’ button and all their friends can see it. It’s not that uncommon for something shared in this way to be seen by millions of people. Millions.