Business 2.0 Live! Transcript: Is the Information Revolution Dead? Part I: W. Brian Arthur, Andy Grove, and Lawrence Lessig speak at Business 2.0 Live! event in San Jose. Related: Hollywood vs. High-Tech: Disney’s Michael Eisner and others say Hollywood will defend its intellectual property at all costs. Silicon Valley eminences like Andy Grove say those are fightin’ words — if it means trampling consumers’ rights and squashing innovation.
What we need to be able to do is to start taking control of the language of this debate. Let’s start talking about the Dirty Money Copyright Act, the Senator From Disney, and how Michael Eisner has profited from “piracy”.