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Artificial Scarcity Is Subject To Massive Deflation
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| In discussing the basic economics of scarce and infinite goods around here,
| sometimes certain points get lost or confused. One of the key points that
| we've tried to make (but that sometimes gets lost), when we say that an old
| model is obsolete or going away, is that you can try to hang onto that
| business model, but the economic trends are clear: it's not going to last.
| So, you can try to keep charging for information in a highly competitive
| market, and maybe you can pull it off for a little while. But betting your
| future business on it alone? Good luck.
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| The reason old business models are at risk is because the free distribution
| of content is simply more efficient due to modern technology, and it's about
| as close to impossible to hold back economic efficiency, once enabled.
| Artificial scarcity is based on pretending you can hold back that efficiency.
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http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090624/0253385345.shtml
West Virginia sues Comcast over cable box tying
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| The attorney general of West Virginia has filed suit against Comcast,
| alleging that subscribers need a company-provided cable box to receive
| premium services, which constitutes illegal bundling.
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http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/reviews/2009/07/west-virginia-sues-comcast-over-cable-box-tying.ars
Recent:
Opinion: Microsoft is doing something half right
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| It's funny that some people actually think that anyone is "pirating" Windows
| 7 betas. It's clear that Microsoft is deliberately leaking them to build up
| buzz around the new operating system. Don't believe me? Then why does
| Microsoft give away free authentication keys that will let any copy of
| Windows 7 work? If the company didn't want those copies of Windows 7 out
| there, it wouldn't do that. This tactic is fairly subtle: By making people
| work -- but not too hard -- to get copies of Windows 7, Microsoft is leading
| them to believe that they're onto something special. And since it has been a
| long, long time since anyone thought there was something special about
| Windows, this is savvy marketing on Microsoft's part.
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=337564
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