Milton and all, Interesting article that Ester did back when, 1995? At any rate there are several statements that Esther made than that I wonder if she would make now. But this is of little matter and a subject for later discussion. There is one area and with respect to you "Subject" that this article seems to bother me. As I stated above one problem I have here is the Time frame 1995 and it is now 1999. What was true than certainly is not true now. It is also interesting in what Esther said in this article and how her persona has been displayed, though sparingly, on the relevant lists regarding the ICANN, DNSO and other SO's of late. They essentially do not seem to relate or correspond well. Another small observation I would make, again related to your subject here Milton, is that Esther isn't in a position to determine what the TM interests are going to do, and really how she is going to eventually react to their interest. This will be the TM's purgative, not Esthers, or yours, or mine or anyone's. They already have a seat at the table, and they also have a huge appetite. A few scraps will not ever satisfy them. And they are much bigger than Esther Dyson. Milton Mueller wrote: > INTELLECTUAL VALUE > by Esther Dyson > > Wired 3.07 (1995) > (excerpt) > "In a new environment, such as the gravity field of the moon, > laws of physics play out differently. On the Net, there is an > equivalent change in "gravity" brought about by the ease of > information transfer. We are entering a new economic > environment - as different as the moon is from the earth - > where a new set of physical rules will govern what intellectual > property means, how opportunities are created from it, who > prospers, and who loses. > > Chief among the new rules is that "content is free." While not all > content will be free, the new economic dynamic will operate as > if it were. In the world of the Net, content (including software) > will serve as advertising for services such as support, > aggregation, filtering, assembly and integration of content > modules, or training of customers in their use. Intellectual > property that can be copied easily likely will be copied. It will be > copied so easily and efficiently that much of it will be distributed > free in order to attract attention or create desire for follow-up > services that can be charged for. Advertising has a poor > reputation in many quarters because most advertising is > designed for a broad market. But in the one-to-one world the > Net promises, advertising will often be tailored and of higher > quality. Those with more money to spend will get higher-quality > advertising. > > What should content makers do in such an inverted world? The > likely best course for content providers is to exploit that > situation, to distribute intellectual property free in order to sell > services and relationships. The provider's vital task is to figure > out what to charge for and what to give away - all in the > context of what other providers are doing and what customers > (will grow to) expect. > > __________________________________________________ > To receive the digest version instead, send a > blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To SUBSCRIBE forward this message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, forward this message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Problems/suggestions regarding this list? Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ___END____________________________________________ Regards, -- Jeffrey A. Williams CEO/DIR. Internet Network Eng/SR. Java/CORBA Development Eng. Information Network Eng. Group. INEG. INC. E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Contact Number: 972-447-1894 Address: 5 East Kirkwood Blvd. Grapevine Texas 75208 __________________________________________________ To receive the digest version instead, send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To SUBSCRIBE forward this message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNSUBSCRIBE, forward this message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Problems/suggestions regarding this list? Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___END____________________________________________
