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While I think copyright was a very relevant law when selling boxed products, it's less clear that copyright is the relevant law in the age of SaaS. I think trad
by Eridrus 8y ago
While I think copyright was a very relevant law when selling boxed products, it's less clear that copyright is the relevant law in the age of SaaS. I think trade secrets law is much more relevant these days.
And in any case, many tech giants exist around natural monopolies, either in network effects, either obvious ones, or those from two sided marketplaces or simply economies of scale.
- freedomben 8y ago> many tech giants exist around natural monopolies, either in network effects Yes, network effect is a huge part of the problem. So much in tech requires user adoption, and typically users won't adopt until others adopt, thus creating chicken and egg problem. Overcoming the network effect is extremely difficult, as we've seen from competing platforms trying to unseat facebook and twitter (tho network effect is not limited to social networks, but they are the most obvious examples)