Monopolists of:
Monopolists of:
knowledge and opinion (experts)
means of distribution
(publishers, tv, recording industry)
means of production
(music, photo, film, software)
Notes:
ad 1: reservations amongst experts against wiki’s
ad 2: eg Brittanica, recording industry
ad 3: digital tools make it easier for none-experts to produce good-quality stuff (eg. camera’s, music recording equipment), amateur journalists, production of good open-source software. Even: first affordable open source 3D printer ($400) http://reprap.org/bin/view/Main/WebHome has become available--> people wil also be able to produce
things
Consequence:
monopolists lose their monopoly
Logical that they are the ones that protest most.
It doesn’t mean that experts or professionals or factories lose reason of existance, they remain valuable if they can do things better, cheaper, etc. But they have to compete solely on quality of their work now, not on monopolies to access, etc. They lose the possibility to abuse power