January 12, 2004
WIRED: A Taste of Our Own Poison.
Lawrence Lessig. Free trade so enabled is the promised elixir for the woes of developing nations. Open your borders, protect property rights, and prosperity, the Smithies say, will quickly follow. The dirty little secret, however, is that we don't respect the free trade rules that we impose on others.
NY Times: Power Players: Big Names Are Jumping Into the Crowded Online Music Field.
In such a competitive and jumbled marketplace, who will win? Industry analysts are skeptical of those companies that only sell songs online. "We don't see online music sales as a sustainable standalone business," said Joe Wilcox, a senior analyst with Jupiter Research.
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