In recent years, the economics of pop music have been upended. The
market for CDs has collapsed, and not even the rise of legal
downloading can offset the damage to record companies. Meanwhile,
demand for live performances has rocketed.
A Photo Essay By Nathan Myhrvold.
http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/myhrvold_lions07/myhrvold_lions07_index.htmlLink
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How does software development work these days?
1. Search for missing patents in daily technology.
2. Launch a startup company, consisting of lawyers
and a few bogus software engineers.
3. Patent the technology holes.
4. Sue everyone for patent infringement.
I modify the old swiss aphorism a
Amazon launches its Micropayment system called
FPS (Amazon Flexible Payment System). I guess
it mainly will be used to charge people for
reading web content, as you can create unlimited
microcharge rules (e.g. charge 0.01 US$ per
page view).
Transaction fee seems to be moderate, especially
if
