SOPA Boycotts and the False Ideals of the Web

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  • SOPA Boycotts and the False Ideals of the Web - NYTimes.com
    http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/19/opinion/sopa-boycotts-and-the-false-ideals-of-the-web.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&

    Quand Jaron Lanier essaie d’éviter la hype autour de la « bataille de SOPA », et de remettre les pendules à l’heure de la liberté des internautes devant les nouveaux mastodontes autant que devant Hollywood.

    We, the idealists, insisted that information be able to flow freely online, which meant that services relating to information, instead of the information itself, would be the main profit centers. Some businesses do sell content, but that doesn’t address the business side of everyday user-generated content.

    The adulation of “free content” inevitably meant that “advertising” would become the biggest business in the open part of the information economy. Furthermore, that system isn’t so welcoming to new competitors. Once networks are established, it is hard to reduce their power.

    Même avec un drapeau noir, les grands vecteurs défendent avant tout leurs propres intérêts et non ceux des créateurs comme des lecteurs. Ah, j’attendais ce type de réflexions...