Is Guba like Napster? - GoFuckYourself.com

2HousePlague · 02-20-2006, 07:43 PM

"In the Napster example we have an opportunity to glimpse again what happens when a new, poorly-understood technological innovation begins to impinge on an existing industry. Though the Web itself owes its existence to the same spirit of "free sharing" that spawned Napster, it is only the entry of commercial interests into this new medium which accounts for its success ? and our great enjoyment of it. As the Web?s impact expanded and many established business models became threatened, the challenge to commerce was simple: innovate or die. Today some of these "players" have what seems like too much power. The history of commerce is full of examples of monopolies and ethically questionable corporate behavior. Any idea that we can extricate this tendency from business, while preserving its salutary economic effects, is, again, naive. Companies will do everything they can to compete and succeed. At times, those efforts will run counter to market sentiment...

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jimthefiend · 02-20-2006, 07:45 PM

Only gayer and less cool.

Libertine · 02-20-2006, 07:45 PM

No, it isn't like Napster. It's like a site downloading a bunch of stuff from Napster, categorizing it and then charging for access to it. It's not a new technology, just blatant abuse of an old one.

02-20-2006, 07:43 PM	#1
2HousePlague CURATOR Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: the attic Posts: 14,572	Is Guba like Napster? "In the Napster example we have an opportunity to glimpse again what happens when a new, poorly-understood technological innovation begins to impinge on an existing industry. Though the Web itself owes its existence to the same spirit of "free sharing" that spawned Napster, it is only the entry of commercial interests into this new medium which accounts for its success ? and our great enjoyment of it. As the Web?s impact expanded and many established business models became threatened, the challenge to commerce was simple: innovate or die. Today some of these "players" have what seems like too much power. The history of commerce is full of examples of monopolies and ethically questionable corporate behavior. Any idea that we can extricate this tendency from business, while preserving its salutary economic effects, is, again, naive. Companies will do everything they can to compete and succeed. At times, those efforts will run counter to market sentiment... http://mywordsontheweb.com/jack/napster/ __________________ tada!

02-20-2006, 07:45 PM	#3
Libertine sex dwarf Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 17,860	No, it isn't like Napster. It's like a site downloading a bunch of stuff from Napster, categorizing it and then charging for access to it. It's not a new technology, just blatant abuse of an old one. __________________ /(bb\|[^b]{2})/

02-20-2006, 07:45 PM	#2
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