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The Adams Theory of Content Value
- jobu 16y ago"I predict that the profession known as "author" will be retired to history in my lifetime, like blacksmith and cowboy. In the future, everyone will be a writer, and some will be better and more prolific than others. But no one will pay to read what anyone else creates." Hopefully the future for authors isn't that bleak, but I do see a major change on the horizon. I'm somewhat surprised that the "Social" websites like facebook haven't become breeding grounds for copyright infringement like the old social apps (IRC).
- stcredzero 16y agoThe curation of IRC was/is distributed. Facebook's is centralized, which makes them a more lucrative target. Also, the legal and commercial environments have changed. The RIAA isn't going to go after gopher and BBS MP3 sharers any time soon -- a certain level of obscurity is close enough to nonexistence.
- thunk 16y agoCharlie Stross recently republished a post by Milena Popova titled "Why Content Is a Public Good" [1] that I quite enjoyed, and think is relevant to this discussion. It goes into some detail on the true economic nature of content, and gave me a framework within which to think about it. [1] http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2010/04/why-content-is-a-public-good.html http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2010/04/why-cont...