Won't selling songs as unprotected MP3s lead to rampant illegal copying? No. Because there's already rampant illegal copying. Most unauthorized copying is done either through online file-sharing networks or by burning CDs for friends.
Do not get me wrong though, the root of Karp’s argument: that platform companies have scaled and content ones have not, is an argument worth examining.
The principle of copyright is this. It is a tax on readers for the purpose of giving a bounty to writers. The tax is an exceedingly bad one; it is a tax on one of the most innocent and most salutary of human pleasures; and never let us forget, that a tax
This paper calls for a re-orientation of innovation and information policy. In our current paradigm, monopoly rights, in the form of intellectual property, displace all else from our thinking on this subject making access a peripheral issue.
Control the pipe and you've got an economic engine to run ads against your content, charge subscriptions, sell voice calls and charge per minute - the world is your oyster. No pipes, no moguls, no media?
Telco DNA is fundamentally unsuited to the current dynamics of content. Telcos have lost control of their core product. Telcos thrive on scarcity - future value will be built around abundance. Command and control culture is dead, open APIs rule
Then, we would probably also note that talent by itself is often useless - it needs to be converted into/combined with numerous intermediate inputs to actually create value. Then (finally) we would try and model the various assumptions surrounding value c
Durch die reinen Algorhytmen von Google wird kein mehrwert erzeugt. Die Auswahl verhindert Kreativität und die Kosten des Erfolgs (von Google) werden von den Benutzern bezahlt in dem sie Seiten aufmerksamkeit widmen, die es nicht verdient haben.
Networks fokussieren nicht mehr auf die Distribution sondern auf Empfehlungen, das Sharing und Weiterleiten. Deshalb braucht es beim Unbundeling neue Erlösformen. Rebundeling heißt mit dem Zuschauern verknüpfen. Sehr Lesenswert!