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IP: Farber's remarks about the CDA
From: Dave Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>
Date: Sat, 03 Feb 1996 15:12:23 -0500
From: Donna Hoffman <hoffman () colette ogsm Vanderbilt Edu> To: farber () central cis upenn edu (Dave Farber) Date: Sat, 3 Feb 1996 13:37:25 -0600 (CST) Dave: I couldn't agree more. From a sociological perspective, the traditional media powers merely want to shape the emerging landscape so that the terrain appears familiar and comforting. Traditional media knows how to compete under one-to-many centralized communications models. The business models for many-to-many decentralized systems are unknown and challenging. Why work hard if the status quo can be imposed on the newer venues? The easiest way to do that is to transform what is arguably the most important innovation since the development of the printing press into another controlled mass media. Since the phenomenal growth of the World Wide Web on the Internet is being fueled by word-of-mouth arising from the ability of *anyone* to be a provider as well as a user, the most obvious solution to the power predicament is to remove this ability. And, of course, this is precisely what is occuring. The communications innovation that is the Internet is now at the most important juncture in its development and it is not at all clear that human society will benefit from the path this legislation has placed us on. Wearing a Blue Ribbon, DLH ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Professor Donna L. Hoffman hoffman () colette ogsm vanderbilt edu Owen Graduate School of Management 615-343-6904 voice Vanderbilt University 615-343-7177 fax Nashville, TN 37203 129.59.210.109 CU-SeeMe Project 2000: http://www2000.ogsm.vanderbilt.edu/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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