News Corp undecided on making WSJ.com free
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| "It would be a very expensive thing to do in the short term," Murdoch told
| analysts on a telephone conference call to discuss News Corp's quarterly
| earnings. "In the long term, it may be a wonderful thing to do, but we're
| looking at it very closely."
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070808/media_nm/newscorp_results_journal_dc
It becomes harder to demand money for software, music, and articles. They will
have to evolve.
Open source legislation and digital civil rights
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| "What's happening this year is a little bit of a sea change, " said panelist
| Art Brodsky from the Washington-based advocacy group Public Knowledge. "What
| some of the policy makers are focusing on going forward is national broadband
| policy—not just a free and open Internet, but ensuring that people have
| access to the Internet."
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http://arstechnica.com/articles/culture/open-source-legislation-and-digital-civil-rights.ars
Folks will keep trying to tax the WWW.
Related:
The Land of "Nothing for free"
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| I was down there to give a talk on "Open Source Business Models"
| for a conference. Also represented were entertainment industry
| lawyers, "Big Telecom" management, and a smattering of software
| people. Microsoft was there of course. You can't hold a church
| fete with "Open Source" on the banner these days without Microsoft
| turning up and requesting representation. At least we also had
| Bruce Perens on our side to help make up the balance. The venue
| eas an unbelievably expensive hotel. Even though I was on
| expenses I balked at asking the company to pay for a room
| there and found something cheaper (not by much) a few miles
| down the road.
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http://samba.org/samba/news/articles/low_point/column11.html
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