Comments on: authorship and technology http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/mcpress/plannedobsolescence Publishing, Technology, and the Future of the Academy Mon, 02 Jan 2012 17:10:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: George Carr http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/mcpress/plannedobsolescence/two-authorship/authorship-and-technology/#comment-987 George Carr Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:07:24 +0000 http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/mcpress/plannedobsolescence/?page_id=106#comment-987 You might want to re-consider using the music business as an example of a long-established industry.  The business model being ravaged by digital sharing - the sale of physical objects storing sound recordings - has only been in place since the 1930s, when its revenues began to exceed the revenues from sheet-music publishing.  Fascinating overview of this industry shift (and the ongoing return to the previous business model) in Wald's How the Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n Roll, published just last year. You might want to re-consider using the music business as an example of a long-established industry.  The business model being ravaged by digital sharing – the sale of physical objects storing sound recordings – has only been in place since the 1930s, when its revenues began to exceed the revenues from sheet-music publishing.  Fascinating overview of this industry shift (and the ongoing return to the previous business model) in Wald’s How the Beatles Destroyed Rock ‘n Roll, published just last year.

]]> By: David Parry http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/mcpress/plannedobsolescence/two-authorship/authorship-and-technology/#comment-62 David Parry Sat, 26 Sep 2009 15:49:13 +0000 http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/mcpress/plannedobsolescence/?page_id=106#comment-62 Strong point, I hadn't really thought of it in these terms before. Two other network principles that seem to play in here, which might run counter to traditional academic values. Delay and Include Be Liberal with what you accept, Conservative with what you Produce. Strong point, I hadn’t really thought of it in these terms before. Two other network principles that seem to play in here, which might run counter to traditional academic values.

Delay and Include
Be Liberal with what you accept, Conservative with what you Produce.

]]> By: David Parry http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/mcpress/plannedobsolescence/two-authorship/authorship-and-technology/#comment-61 David Parry Sat, 26 Sep 2009 15:47:09 +0000 http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/mcpress/plannedobsolescence/?page_id=106#comment-61 The author function has always been a network effect. We just needed the paradigm of networks to see this. The author function has always been a network effect. We just needed the paradigm of networks to see this.

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