Cheap and free information
Increased access to cheap – and often free – information has already had an impact on business and society.
Social media such as Twitter played an influential role in the “Arab Spring”, helping topple governments in the Middle East and Africa. WikiLeaks sparked global controversy by publishing sensitive government and commercial information.
The free, and mostly illegal, sharing of films and music on the web has inflicted significant damage on content owners. Google and Yahoo and other content aggregators with user-friendly search capabilities have increased the availability of free information online. This has led many consumers to cut down on reading newspapers and magazines.
Meanwhile governments are putting pressure ...
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