The Copyright Trap

• Copyright is a closed system.

• Promotes bipolar positions “I [Customer] own/you [Vendor] own”

• In many circumstances *both* of these is a customer loss. However, one is also a vendor win, the other a vendor loss;

• Prejudiced in favour of “big bang” and against incremental development;

• Prejudiced in favour of single creator and against collaborative creation.

• Theory underpinned by sale value rather than use value of product.

• Vendor value comes through controlling distribution channels.

• Customer value comes through fostering community use of product [but - competitive differentiators]