Malcolm Gladwell is having a spat with the editor of Wired magazine over his
(Anderson's) latest book, which implies that a lot of us scribblers will be
working for free in the future--NOT a thesis that goes over well with
professional writers.
Start here:
http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2009/07/06/090706crbo_books_gladwell
This, of course, gets into the intellectual property notion, and the theory
that information wants to be free, and so forth. I was able to follow it
until my Ambien kicked in . . .
--J
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Received on 2009-07-04 03:00:42