We see [the] potential for low-cost distribution of any kind of intellectual property – whether it be software, or pictures, or movies, or CDs, or anything that can be represented as bits – as one of the most revolutionary aspects of the Internet.
Predictor: Clark, Jim
Prediction, in context:In a 1995 article for Red Herring magazine, Alex S. Vieux interviews Netscape CEO Jim Clark in Madrid, Spain, at the European Technology Roundtable Exposition. Clark says: ”First of all, the Internet is low-cost. We proved that by using the Internet to distribute our first product, and we were able to build a customer base of 10 million users in just about nine months. Our only expense was the engineering cost of making the program. There is no other distribution system in existence that would have allowed that … We see this potential for low-cost distribution of any kind of intellectual property – whether it be software, or pictures, or movies, or CDs, or anything that can be represented as bits – as one of the most revolutionary aspects of the Internet.”
Date of prediction: October 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Controversial Issues
Subtopic: Copyright/Intellectual Property/Plagiarism
Name of publication: Red Herring
Title, headline, chapter name: The Once and Future Kings
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.redherring.com/mag/issue2.5/once.html
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