Expanding Message in exchange for Deteriorating Value?

I think the internet functions as a double-edged sword for the art world. On one end, it has potential to spread the message, feelings, and/or emotions of the art among thousands and perhaps millions more people. Although on the other end, it can dull down the quality, value, and significance of the art. 

For instance, if an album is ripped to the computer and put onto a website where anyone can download the music, it can literally lower the sound quality. Also, one can download an album off the internet and it could be missing tracks, the songs are not titled, or they may not even know the album it is from, and this is not how the music was intended to be shared with the word. Yet if one looks past those aspects, the music is still shared and enjoyed  among a much larger range of listeners in which it can inspire, motivate, relate to, and possibly even change them.

The same goes with photography. On the internet, the viewer can see the photograph in many different sizes, tints, qualities, and other aspects of the photo that it was not supposed to be viewed in, which can take away some of the feelings, thoughts, and/or emotions meant to be portrayed in the photograph. It can be shown in so many places so many times it can dull down the effectiveness and power it has from viewing it in its "pure" form.

This is the first of probably many observations about how the internet effects our society.