Tag Archive 'Cory Doctorow'

Thinking Freely: New Business Models for the Digital Economy

May 13th, 2010

Everything costs something and no body wants to work for nothing. This statement of the obvious drives those disturbed by the impact of the Internet on business models for information industries. Individuals declare that they won’t give their work away, critics claim someone has to pay for content, and insiders (like the editor of Photo [...]

The Digital Economy Bill – against creativity and democracy

March 17th, 2010

The Digital Economy Bill (DEB), now being rushed through the British parliament, embodies an impoverished understanding of the web and its implications for creativity. The DEB will put in place a system to defend the position of established media groups (the recording giants of the music and film industries) and individuals who have become fabulously [...]