--- Subject: Submission to Senate April 02 From: Brendan S <brendanscottat_private> To: declanat_private Date: 17 Jun 2002 00:18:03 +1000 Dear Declan I attach a URL to my submission to the Senate Request for public comment in relation to Protecting Creative Works in a Digital Age. This is coming in late (lodged in April), but I thought it might be of interest. Essentially I argue in the submission that promoting "rich content" has been a poison pill for internet companies and that more thought needs to be given at a policy level before the Senate endorses additional protections for "rich content". I give some examples of the effect of overemphasis on content has had on direct investment (eg Excite@Home), telecommunications investment (overengineering to anticipate quality of service needs for rich content); network design (asymmetric upstream/downstream capacity) and broadband pricing at the retail level. The submission is available from: http://www.members.optushome.com.au/brendanscott/submissions/BASsenatesub20220402.html Regards Brendan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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