Wednesday, July 26, 2000

The Awful Truth

This from Tom Matrullo...

A powerful global conversation has begun. Through the Internet, people are discovering and inventing new ways to share relevant knowledge with blinding speed. As a direct result, markets are getting smarterÑand getting smarter faster than most companies.


A feckless limited conversation has ended. Through corporate law, people are
discovering and inventing new ways to throttle anything you really want with
blinding speed. As a result, giant-ass sucking corporations are getting
richer--and getting richer faster than most people.



July 27, 2000 A federal judge issued a temporary order to shut down the trading of copyrighted music on Napster, saying the online company was encouraging "wholesale infringing" against the music industry.

... while I await the live netcast by Shawn Fanning, et. al. from the Napster site over a 26kbps dial-up line at a strange hotel in rural Pennsylvania.