Monday, September 23, 2013
Micro Money
As we read in Chapter 2 of Who Owns the Future? Lanier discusses the idea of some sort of micro transaction of money for usage of information on the web. This is such an interesting concept that I had never thought of. The realization that there are people who have and are still providing this information to web sites free of charge is something that had never occurred to me. Our society is set on providing royalties to artists, production companies, and actors for usage of their materials that they hire lawyers to seek out anyone who is violating these copyright laws. However, normal citizens, ones that may be loosing their jobs directly or indirectly as a result of the advances in technology, are not even thought of for internet compensation. Think about how many times a day you utilize Google or another search engine to answer your questions, help with your homework, read an article? These companies are brining things to us in ways that are free and in the past were jobs people held to generate revenue and make an income. Could it be that robots will not be the only type of technology driving people out of the workforce?
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I understand where you are coming from. However, a policy of paying every single person who ever typed something of value would never work. Internet piracy is already rampant. Could you imagine if you had to pay for every single time you search for something on Google? Google would no longer offer a free product for us to enjoy. If they had to pay everyone on the internet they would either shut down their site or charge the consumers gross amounts. It would never work and hinder innovation through technology.
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