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9.9.2004
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The Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a Symposium on The Future of Standards Setting, Thursday Sept. 16, 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. This topic is crucial for every company dependent on IP for its value, since standards are the mechanism by which such entities both compete and cooperate.
Glenn Reynolds has an entertaining piece on TechCentralStation called "Sims Rules for a Complex World," on why video games can be good for children. He notes, among other keen observations: "I don't think that The Sims will replace the schools. But I do think that it's interesting to see a consumer product providing an education that is, in some ways, more rigorous than many schools provide." (For those not familiar with free market literature, the article's title is a riff on Richard Epstein's classic work, Simple Rules for a Complex World.)
It is buried on page B7, but today's Wall Street Journal (subscription required) notes that the movie industry group Digital Cinema Initiatives has, after "years of wrangling," agreed on technical standards for digital distribution and projection to allow movies to be sent as bits over the Internet rather than as films. However, one itsy-bitsy detail remains -- who pays? The studios and the theater owners have rather different ideas (though in the end it will be consumers, of course, whatever the initial incidence). But look for more years of wrangling.
posted by James DeLong : 9/9/2004 11:52:23 AM
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