>From Fred Baube's Death to Microsoft list:
>
> an interesting thought. Esther Dyson is
> trying out some deep thinking on Napster.
> this stuff might seem obvious, but it's
> still news for some people, and Dyson is
> putting out a news bulletin.
>
>
> NewsLinx: http://www.newslinx.com
>
> Napster An Indicator Of Online Culture Change - TechWeb
> http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20000731S0001
>
>
> The rise of peer-to-peer technology is going to change
> how companies do business and how consumers are perceived,
> she said. "It's a whole new attitude," Dyson said. It will
> also be a challenge to harmonize it with existing copyright
> law and business models, she said.
>
>
>
> "College students are used to sharing all their files, and
> as long as colleges are networked they'll share their music,"
> the student intern said.
>
> "Young people now are much less nave," Dyson said.
> "They're much more cynical than we were. And they
> want non-commercial transactions," she said.
>
> The vision behind peer-to-peer technology, content, and
> applications is more idealistic than commercial models.
> "People become the producers rather than just consumers.
> It's run by the people and for the people. It gives users
> world economies of scale. It used to be you'd have to be
> part of an institution to have that," Dyson said.
>
> It's closer to the original notion of the Internet, she said.
>
> "It's ironic that communists once talked about putting
> the tools of production in the hands of the people. Now
> the Internet is," Dyson said.
>
> It will be a different world for businesses. "You used
> to know who your competition was. Now you may not," she
> said.
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