Comments on: The Teens http://www.npdgroupblog.com/2010/01/the-teens/ The official blog of The NPD Group Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:21:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Michel Lacaille http://www.npdgroupblog.com/2010/01/the-teens/#comment-523 Michel Lacaille Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:06:01 +0000 http://www.npdgroupblog.com/?p=879#comment-523 If you have been at CES, it's easy to realise that Pay IS NOT the new free. Free is growing at a faster pace than ever. Institutions offering little or no value to consumers, like Sony Music are under attack and they responded with desperate propaganda. Free has been around forever and will be around forever. Today it's nurtured by a young astute generation. Only value propositions gets rewarded. The Roman Emperors used free, the apothicary used free and Gilette still uses it. Free is often disquised, it takes various forms, and it's not always free in the end but only if it adds value. Free will not go away, someone always want it's unfair share of the pie... and will do whatever it takes to get it. Information and knowledge is free. "Patent laws" are more under the gun than free. Today, anyone armed with an army of lawyers can patent the obvious and the rediculous and wait for his opportunity to sue. This raises prices, reduces competitivity and prevents "true"innovation. ... and "patents"are not respected everywhere. Free countries will imitate and prevail. Protecting "true" and "valuable" content is not a challenge. Recognizing the contribution of an author is not a problem. If you have been at CES, it’s easy to realise that Pay IS NOT the new free. Free is growing at a faster pace than ever. Institutions offering little or no value to consumers, like Sony Music are under attack and they responded with desperate propaganda.
Free has been around forever and will be around forever. Today it’s nurtured by a young astute generation. Only value propositions gets rewarded.
The Roman Emperors used free, the apothicary used free and Gilette still uses it. Free is often disquised, it takes various forms, and it’s not always free in the end but only if it adds value.
Free will not go away, someone always want it’s unfair share of the pie… and will do whatever it takes to get it.

Information and knowledge is free.

“Patent laws” are more under the gun than free. Today, anyone armed with an army of lawyers can patent the obvious and the rediculous and wait for his opportunity to sue. This raises prices, reduces competitivity and prevents “true”innovation. … and “patents”are not respected everywhere. Free countries will imitate and prevail.

Protecting “true” and “valuable” content is not a challenge. Recognizing the contribution of an author is not a problem.

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