Joho the Blog
An Entry from the Archives

« [etech] Day 2 Morning - Neil Gershenfeld || Back to Blog | [etech] Day 2 - Justin Chapweske »

March 16, 2005

[etech] Day 2 - Cory Doctorow - All Complex Ecosystems Have Parasites

[Cory's talk will be posted on his site.]

You could stop spam by simplifying email, he says. You could charge a penny or two for sending emails. You could put in place strong ID. You could solve spam...by breaking email.

Complex ecosystems are influenced, not controlled.

Global efforts are underway to require anyone who makes a device that touches video first to get permission. You already need permission from a controlling body if you want to create a DVD player. That's why there's no innovation there.

He argues against "trusted computing," the attempt to simplify the ecosystem to protect it from "parasites."

Razing the ecosystem has a cost, he says. Anti-spam limitations hasn't stopped spam. The limitations imposed by DRM haven't stopped infringement. "These are 100% failure systems." "And not a penny more put into artist's pockets." [Technorati tags: etech CoryDoctorow]

Posted by D. Weinberger at March 16, 2005 12:35 PM


TrackBack

Listed below are links to weblogs that reference [etech] Day 2 - Cory Doctorow - All Complex Ecosystems Have Parasites:

» All Complex Ecosystems Have Parasites from mlevin
"An email system that can be controlled is an email system without complexity. Complex ecosystems are influenced, not controlled." I found this article in a discussion about spam-fighting on one of my email provider's message boards. It's a good read.... [Read More]

Tracked on April 12, 2005 10:06 AM

Post a comment

Guidelines for Commenting

Basically, you can say what you want. (Click here for the fine print.)

If you haven't left a comment here before, your comment may be put into a queue for me to approve. Sorry for the delay. Blame the damn spammers.