The only reason why people copy other musicians is because they want to be associated with that particular person, and so steal some of their thunder. It boils down to ego. Well some do it for the money I suppose, but that's a small figure in techno land. If people were more down to earth they'd start writing better music - simple as that.

As for the actual sound of techno? I think we're going to see allot more crossover with IDM like what has been happening in the progressive scene of late, and hopefully a little more of that human touch that artists such as Technasia seem to conjure. It'd be good if artists start writing more music for listening and not just clubby stuff as well.