@realn2s @eishiya there’s a robust discussion on HN, which includes the perspective that what I consider the existing value of the Internet Archive came from fighting similar battles years ago:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41449965
I don’t have enough evidence to reject that.
@realn2s @eishiya
All I know is this:
1) the marginal cost of reproducing digital information products (books, movies software) is practically zero
2) the fixed costs of producing them, with quality, remains high.
3) we don’t have good systems for rewarding high-quality production in this regime.
For more on this, read Who Owns the Future? by Jaron Lanier.