[Sigia-l] Is Google Threatening? (was Google vs. Knowledge Management)

[Bill Johnstone]

"Listera" wrote,

> Well then, if the trend is towards paper-based as
> opposed to electronic
> distribution (with all the advantages that entails),
> you can sit back, sip
> your favorite beverage and enjoy me chomping pulp.

I wouldn't consider "paper-based" <distribution> a
"trend", unless we're taking a long-view beyond
millenial proportions <group:
paper-based;papyrus;bark, etc.>. 
Information>knowledge management grounded in artifact
*enframes* the evolution of IP "rights", and will
require more than a five-year period and a Google-like
tool to crack the paradigm.

> I'm betting on emerging interests winning. How about
> you?

I too am betting on emerging interests but I would not
so readily dismiss the "established" IP juggernaut and
how it exerts a sort of "g-force" on emerging
techologies (e.g., the DMCA and Fritz Hollingswood's
latest shill bill).

> As long as we realize that this conflict
> (established vs. emerging interests
> in IP rights) is about money, not about technology
> or ontology, then I'm
> satisfied.

I agree that this conflict is largely about money, but
not exclusively - it is also about power (which is
integral to ontology).  However, I'll refrain from
pursuing that thread (did someone say Foucault-bot?
;^).  

Yet even if it is about money, that is not to say it
is not about techology.  Money *is* a technology that
stands for the primary measure of "currency" and how
we apportion value and accessiblilty to artifacts.

Until we are able to radically alter the structure of
Intellectual Property, information>knowledge
management will remained tethered to the artifact
(whether paper-based or code-based) and all the
promises of Internet Protocol (or other electronic
distribution technologies)will experience entropy.

Bill




--- Listera <listera at rcn.com> wrote:
> "Bill Johnstone" wrote:
> 
> > We'll assume "(IP) access" refers to "Internet
> > Protocol" and not "Intellectual Property".  As the
> > current Intellectual Property system seems geared
> > toward "sapping" every bit of revenue from
> > material/analog media channels for as long as
> > possible, this <nothing technical> technicality
> may
> > have you chomping pulp.
> 
> Well then, if the trend is towards paper-based as
> opposed to electronic
> distribution (with all the advantages that entails),
> you can sit back, sip
> your favorite beverage and enjoy me chomping pulp.
> :-) What will you do if
> you're wrong?
> 
> As long as we realize that this conflict
> (established vs. emerging interests
> in IP rights) is about money, not about technology
> or ontology, then I'm
> satisfied.
> 
> I'm betting on emerging interests winning. How about
> you?
> 
> Best,
> 
> Ziya
> 
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