The Economy of Ideas

Here is a brief summary of a though provoking article, The Economy of Ideas, by John Perry Barlow, member of the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

• copyright law doesn't work well for a property which can be infinitely reproduced and instantaneously distributed
• assumes value in the conveyance
• intellectual goods become prominent but protecting ownership more difficult
• social disregard on software piracy

• Peculiarties of Information
• Value of Information
• Compensation