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The laws of disruption [electronic resource] : harnessing the new forces that govern life and business in the digital age / Larry Downes.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Downes, Larry, 1959-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Information technology--Economic aspects.
- Information technology.
- Technological innovations--Economic aspects.
- Technological innovations.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (305 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Basic Books, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Ask anyone in the recording industry or the news business about the consequences of ignoring the Laws of Disruption.
- Contents:
- CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; DIGITAL LIFE; DIGITAL LIFE: Understanding Second-Order Effects; THE WEIRD ECONOMICS OF INFORMATION; PRIVATE LIFE; LAW ONE: CONVERGENCE-When Worls Collide; LAW TWO: PERSONAL INFORMATION-From Privacy to Propriety; LAW THREE: HUMAN RIGHTS-Social Contracts in Digital Life; PUBLIC LIFE; LAW FOUR: INFRASTRUCTURE-Rules of the Road on the Information Highway; LAW FIVE: BUSINESS-All Regulation Is Local; LAW SIX: CRIME-Public Wrongs, Private Remedies; INFORMATION LIFE; LAW SEVEN: COPYRIGHT-Reset the Balance; LAW EIGHT: PATENT-Virtual Machines Need Virtual Lubricants
- LAW NINE: SOFTWARE-Open Always Wins . . . EventuallyCONCLUSION-Lessons Learned; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-30882-3
- 9786612308826
- 0-465-01998-6
- OCLC:
- 646830336
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