Question about the demassification of knowledge:
It is still prohibitively expensive to truly create knowledge for an individual. Knowledge assets are still copyrightable and patentable, their customization is only at the level of presentation. For example, I customize my google homepage to get news from CNN mixed in with analysis of the events from my favorite blogger and videos from youtube all filtered to my interests. That homepage is unique to me, yes, but it is composed of knowledge assets that are owned by different sources. Copyright and patent laws still apply. The author does not elaborate how and to what extent the existing laws need to be modifed for the thrid wave.
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