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This is really cool — I’m ever-so-subversively leaving them around my office as an inspiration to the oppressed folk here. – Chris
Comment by Chris — February 1, 2007 @ 11:24 am
“Printcrime” tackles one of my favorite subjects head on: What happens to the value of things when they can be synthesized as easily as a photocopy?
I’m talking about a longer timeframe here: In a few hundred years or so, we should be able to “photocopy” a lot more things. The first ones that will be copyable are those with the simplest molecular structure, and the highest value: Raw diamonds, gold. Later on, we will be able to copy finely crafted gold and diamond jewelry, too.
This will turn price structures upside down: The most valuable attributes will be originality and difficulty to replicate. As in a good novel or a good vintage of Bordeaux.
Cory Doctorow, as an author, would thrive in such a future world.
Comment by Antonio Semeco — February 5, 2007 @ 11:23 am
[...] If you listen carefully you can hear me asking Cory Doctorow a lot of questions. Right after he finishes reading Print Crime I chime in. Here’s the audio…. Search [...]
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