Sigo escribiendo en las noches, cuando muchos duermen o salen de rumba, sobre este tema apasionante que son los derechos de propiedad intelectual en la era de las comunicaciones digitales. Acabo de leer un nuevo artículo de Laqrence Lessig del que extracto lo siguiente:
Lessig said record companies have a "good but not great argument" that if content is distributed free it upends their business model.
"It's never been the policy of the U.S. government to choose business models, but to protect the authors and artists," said Lessig. "I'm sure there is a way for [new models to emerge] that will let artists succeed. I'm not sure we should care if the record companies survive. They care, but I don't think the government should."
Lessig argued in favor of keeping regulation and control of the Internet to a minimum. He said the open architecture of the Internet lets people who don't have power design great innovations, and that private or government control would stifle those opportunities.
Lessig gave several examples, including ICQ (the first instant messaging service, sold to AOL for $400 million), which was created by an Israeli high school student; Hotmail was created in India and Google by two Stanford students.
"All the innovation is being done by kids and non-Americans," he said to laughs and applause from the audience. "Innovation is at the edge of the network."
He sited a recent study by the Pew Charitable Trust that said 50 percent of American teenagers have created and shared content on the Internet. Speaking in favor of continued easy access to online content Lessig said: "Less control produces more creativity."
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Y por otro lado,
este interesante artículo de Newsweek nos abre los ojos a la posibilidad que las grandes empresas de telecomunicación estén a punto de dividir la web en lenta y rápida, habilitando mayores velocidades para quienes la pueden pagar... acabando así con la web que conocemos! Que mal... en serio que mal...