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                         Did the RIAA kill WorldCom?

> For example, traffic might have grown faster than it actually did if the
> recording industry had not put the legal kibosh on Napster. Some say that
> if it were legal to trade video files a la Napster, it would be so popular
> that we wouldn't have any overcapacity. In fact, we'd have to install new
> long-haul capacity. If this is right, the most effective short-term fix to
> the overcapacity situation would be to reform intellectual property laws to
> be more consistent with how people want to use the Internet.
>

Via InstaPundit [1], CRISIS AND REVOLUTION IN TELECOM [2] (as quoted in
Redwood Dragon [3])

An interesting look at a possible cause of the recent telecommunications
problems and why a dumb network is “A Good Thing.”

[1] http://www.instapundit.com/archives/002542.php#002542
[2] http://www.davetrowbridge.com/MT/archives/000323.html#000323
[3] http://www.davetrowbridge.com/MT/

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