Re: [rumori] IP killed the Internet


From: Jaime Magiera (jaimelmATumich.edu)
Date: Mon Aug 27 2001 - 20:39:49 PDT


What article?

Pan

On Monday, August 27, 2001, at 11:21 PM, Steev Hise wrote:

>
> IP as in Intellectual Property, of course, not Internet
> Protocol. heh.
>
> i just read an interesting article, which is mostly
> off-topic here, about the decline of broadband. but there
> is one relevant point:
>
> "some say there's no ``killer app'' -- now that Napster is
> essentially dead -- that would inspire a mainstream consumer
> to insist on a broadband connection."
>
> So, there we have it, folks. If only the Culture Trust would
> let us file-share for free, the "internet economy" wouldn't
> be going down the tubes. a bit of a paradox, but there's
> something to that. If the capitalist grip was just a little
> looser, even the capitalists would be better off in the end.
> IMO. YMMV. :-)
>
> smh
>
>
>
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