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There is an interesting article on the Electronic Frontier Foundation web site about the media s vision of the future where Big Media priorities are woven deep into the Internet, law enforcement, and educational institutions. Computers and the Internet were designed from the ground up to make the flow of digital information as easy and as fast as possible but the only way the old media companies can survive in the 21st century is too put a stop to this by any means which simply means they feel they can t adapt unless they sue everyone back to the 1980s More ...
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There is an interesting article on C|Net that suggests that the data used by the media companies (RIAA, MPAA) to support their case that piracy is killing their industry may be a bit suspect. CNet Article From the article Some experts we interviewed and literature we reviewed identified potential positive economic effects of counterfeiting and piracy, The GAO (Government Accountability Office) wrote. Some consumers may knowingly purchase a counterfeit or pirated product because it is less expensive than the genuine good or because the genuine good is unavailable, and they may experience positive effects from such purchases More ...
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This is a small part of an article I wrote a few years ago. Its set in 2057 looking back to the current day. The Entertainment part is quite relevant to this web site. INTRODUCTION Well, its been an exciting century for me starting with the launch of the Russian satellite, Sputnik in 1957 and ending with the first space elevator on my 100th birthday in 2057. Its also been a sad and depressing time too with various wars and conflicts but it all worked out for us all in the end. The really frustrating thing is we could have saved our selves so much grief and done much of this years ago but we didn t partly because we didn t know how but mostly because of greed, self interest and astonishing lack of vision. We have lost many things but gained so much more in return. Gone are many of the huge corporations, out manoeuvred by many smaller, more nimble companies as predicted by The Cluetrain Manifesto and Dingoes and Lions More ...
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