(Originally published as "How Big Media's Copyright Campaigns Threaten Internet Free Expression," InformationWeek, November 5, 2007)
on Viacom taking on YouTube and how its anti-infringement demands would drastically change the whole landscape of the internet, and not at all for the better (no more free hosted services, cus they'd have to check everything for infringement). & how the availability of these services has made the entertainment industry more artist-friendly (cus now artists have alternatives, and thus leverage)
Doctorow, C. (2008). What's the Most Important Right Creators Have?. In Doctorow, C. Content: Selected Essays on Technology, Creativity, Copyright, and the Future of the Future. Tachyon Publications, pp. 66-69