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Fiber to the People: Lessig, IEEE & AFNs

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the what-do-we-want-bandwidth-when-do-we-want-it-now dept.

Codeine writes "Larry Lessig articulates some infrastructure observations based on work by the IEEE & Cornell AFN Institute regarding 'end-user-as owner' (EUO) advanced fibre networks."

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  1. Shame on the IEEE by possible · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Lately they've been acting like racists and moral cowards. They proactively withdrew membership privileges and publishing rights for Iranian students and researchers. See also this article for an explanation.

  2. Re:To that Stuntman guy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    It's especially annoying when you work in the industry, and know that the jobs for stuntmen, wardrobe, camera, carpentry, etc. are going away, not due to piracy, but because the producers are cutting costs and taking foreign incentives to shoot outside the US.

    If they're going to blame job loss on something, blame it on the execs (who would have shot for cheaper elsewhere anyways.) Illegal copies are just a red herring - if copies ate into the profits of good movies, how did Finding Nemo set new records for the box office?

    Personally, I think the industry should get a clue - if people are willing to spend an hour of computer time, and an hour of their own time, watching some crappy Kaaza version of a film that they weren't going to go to theatres to watch anyways, doesn't that point to a potential market for them to exploit? The next time a big movie comes out, USE Kaaza to sell a screener version of the movie, formatted for 4:3 at 320x480, for like $3.50 per download, starting the first Monday after the opening weekend. Consider any losses due to people seeing it as part of the marketing budget...