“Jaron Lanier is worried”, says the leaflet to accompany a keynote speech by the philosopher, digital guru and Virtual Reality pioneer at the Royal Society for the Arts.
Actually, having listened to his talk in person last night, a more accurate description of Lanier’s state of mind on this issue is “very, very concerned”.
Concerned about the [...]
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Jaron Lanier is very very concerned
Darren Davidson - February 2nd, 2010Would you pay to read online news?
Darren Davidson - November 9th, 2009The long-running debate over whether internet users will pay for online news if publishers start building pay walls is getting nasty.
Rupert Murdoch has led the move towards paid for online content, with plans to erect pay walls around popular UK titles such as The Sun and Times. And he’s not pulling any punches.
In a televised [...]