Nobody will have control of the media in the future, because user-generated content is going to become the major content.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Sooner rather than later, any other form other than digital media will be a thing of the past. It won't vanish, but let's face it, this is seemingly the way of the future.
I think that the use of copyright is going to change dramatically. Part of it is economics. There is just going to be so much content out there - there's a scarcity of attention. Information consumes attention, and there's too much information.
The next wave of the Web is going to be user-generated content.
In the future, it's going to move from being just a data transport to really becoming a media experience platform. The Internet will be more about media, more about collaboration, much more virtualized and much more green.
To be honest with you, I worry about concentration of ownership in media, where you have a handful of media conglomerates largely controlling what we see, hear and read.
Whoever controls the media, controls the mind.
The danger in media concentration comes not from the concentration, but instead from the feudalism that this concentration, tied to the change in copyright, produces.
People should never allow themselves to be dictated to by media.
I think media people know we're good at making content and how we can be smart about how to consume it. It's always a balance.
As long as I'm alive, I don't think Next Media will change.