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Re: [OpenEconomies] The role of software in bridging the Digital Divide

  • To: openeconomies(at)cyber.law.harvard.edu
  • Subject: Re: [OpenEconomies] The role of software in bridging the Digital Divide
  • From: vic ser <vicoynet(at)rocketmail.com>
  • Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 10:32:34 -0800 (PST)
  • In-reply-to: <3C411EEA.A88AC620@mit.edu>
I'm not an economist, but I'll be attaching a file
which i received from a friend that proposes an
economic model on the impact of open source software.
I hope it'll be helpful.

Vic

--- "Karim R. Lakhani" <lakhani@mit.edu> wrote:
> Hello,
> Some thoughts:
> 
> > As an economist, I find it hard to say that
> > intellectual property should be given away for
> free.
> > However, it must be noted that the economics of
> > digital assets is very different since cost of
> > replication is virtually zero. The standard
> argument
> > in economics is that if IP is not protected, very
> few
> > people would be filling to incur the expense for
> its
> > creation. I think that some economic theory needs
> to
> > be rewritten to come to grips with this issue.
> Perhaps
> > when I do my PhD ;-)
> 


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