...rs between the types of intermediaries are blurred. Barnes and Noble (the American bookstores chain) has, in effect, become a publisher. Many publis... ...ver the culprits and uncover their misdeeds. This, they claim, is a first stage on the way to a plagiarism-free Internet-based academic community of... ...ugh the same evolutionary cycle: Anarchy The Public Phase At this stage, the medium and the resources attached to it are very cheap, accessib... ... The result was a globe encompassing network of academic institutions. The American Pentagon established the network of all networks, the ARPANET. Ot... ...lterior motives of members of the ruling political echelons (the infamous American Paranoia), a lack of variety and of catering to the tastes and in... ... 1995 was 18. At the end of the century they will number 6. This is the stage when companies - fighting for financial survival - strive to acquire ... ... The Internet used to be an English, affluent middle-class, white collar, male phenomenon. It has long lost these attributes. The digital divides th... ...r labels - George Michael had to fight Sony to do just that) and very few actors come close to deriving subsistence level income from their professio... ... authors actually live by their pen. Even fewer musicians, not to mention actors, eke out subsistence level income from their craft. Those who do ca...

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