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Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 13:24:23 +0000 From: "Frank O'Dwyer" <fod@brd.ie> Subject: Re: fuck copyright (Re: Advertising Creepiness) (fwd)
Jim Choate wrote:
You can make money from information provision by charging extra for up-to-date news, or by charging so little that the cost from the original provider is so low that it's not worth anyones time to redistribute it,
That's true now, why don't we see these effects...
We do. News inherently has a 'sell-by' date. The most obvious example is stock quotes where delayed quotes are provided for free whereas real-time quotes are heavily charged for. The recipients of such information care very much about latency, since it's possible to trade on any differences that may exist. There's even some research on attacks that simply delay packets in such networks.
Ah, true but I was addressing the last sentence about the cost being so low nobody will charge for it.....sounds like the nuclear industry marketing speal of the 50's.... Sorry for the confusion, I guess I should have edited the first part out since it wasn't relevant. ____________________________________________________________________ Lawyers ask the wrong questions when they don't want the right answers. Scully (X-Files) The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage@ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------