Dan Gillmor: Studios’ copyright goal is total control
To protect a business model and thwart even the possibility of infringement, the cartel wants technology companies to ask permission before they can innovate. The media giants want to keep information flow centralized, to control the new medium as if it’s nothing but a jazzed-up television
On a similar topic, Doc Searls: <a href="Action on the Bored Level
It was clear to me at Digital Hollywood this week that Hollywood ï¿ at least at the top level ï¿ has no clues about what the Net is, much less about how to exploit its nature, which puts demand in direct contact with supply and gives both equal power to work things out.
Finally, BusinessWeek’s Jane Black on Eldred v. Ashcroft: A Case to Define the Digital Age
