IP: Re: WHEN people can easily copy anything digital, who's going to make $100 million movies?

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

> From: dakin () nationalpost com
> Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 11:12:04 -0400
> To: farber () cis upenn edu
>
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> > >  > >From: "Gillmor, Dan" <DGillmor () sjmercury com>
> > >  > >To: "'farber () cis upenn edu'" <farber () cis upenn edu>
> > >  > >
> > >  > >http://www.mercurycenter.com/svtech/columns/gillmor/docs/dg061100.htm
> > >  > >
> > >  > >WHEN people can easily copy anything digital, who's going to make $100
> > >  > >million movies?
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>
> William Gibson spoke last week at the TEDCity (www.tedcity.com) conference 
> -- the Canadian version of the Monterey, etc. TEDs -- and, among other 
> things, spoke about how he's trying to develop a new piece of fiction 
> inspired by the example of Napster. (His son is a great Napster user and 
> recently introduced dad to it.) He suggested cultural content producers 
> may be heading back to an era when patronage was the means by which they 
> supported themselves
>
> Here's a bit from a piece that ran in our paper:
> -----
> "We're at the end of a 90-year window where it was possible to make money 
> selling recorded music," Mr. Gibson said.
> Seeing a future where the Napster model is extended to writing, movies, 
> and any other cultural content that could be digitized, Mr. Gibson said 
> people will soon not be able to sell consumer units of intellectual property.
> For a new work of fiction, he has been trying to imagine a method of 
> marketing such works.
> "I find myself trying to come up with alternative models. Mind you, I'm 
> lucky: Mine don't have to work," he said. "As far as I can tell, you're 
> left with patronage."
> ----
>
> Full story at:
> http://www.nationalpost.com/news.asp?s2=national&s3=reporter&f=000609/ 
> 313072.html
>
> David Akin / Senior technology Reporter
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