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which I own the copyright!” —Steve Jones, cofounder of the Association of Internet Researchers and editor of New Media & Society
“Most people still don’t understand the question and will only wake up when it's too late. I foresee a time where NOTHING is free and things like potatoes, chickens, counseling, clichés, and Scrabble will not be able to be accessed without paying a toll at every point.” —Anonymous respondent
“There will be cross-linking of content provider giants and Internet service provider giants and that they will find ways to milk every last ‘currency unit’ out of the unwitting and defenseless consumer. Governments will be strongly influenced by the business conglomerates and will not do much to protect consumers. (Just think of the outrageous rates charged by cable and phone company TV providers and wireless phone providers today—it will only get worse.)” —Steve Goldstein, ICANN board member, formerly of the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF)
“Copyright is a dead duck in a digital world. The old regime based its power on high distribution costs. Those costs are going to zero. Bye-bye DRM.” —Dan Lynch, founder of CyberCash and Interop Company, now a board member of the Santa Fe Institute
“You cannot stop a tide with a spoon. Cracking technology will always be several steps ahead of DRM, and content will be redistributed on anonymous networks.” —Giulio Prisco, chief executive of Metafuturing Second Life, formerly of CERN
The Evolution of Privacy, Identity, and Forgiveness
“We will enter a time of mutually assured humiliation; we all live in glass houses. That will be positive for tolerance and understanding, but—even more important—I believe that young people will not lose touch with their friends as my generation did, and that realization of permanence in relationships could—or should—lead to more care in those relationships.” —Jeff Jarvis, top blogger at Buzzmachine.com and professor at City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism
“Gen Y has a new notion of privacy. The old ‘never trust anyone over 30’ will turn into ‘never trust anyone who doesn’t