Joe Crawford sends this link

Joe Crawford sends this link to Bruce Sterling's prescient "Free as Air" Speech. Hey, if there's a real need here, the market will meet it, Mr Franklin. I really think this "library" idea of yours is something better left to the private sector, Mr Franklin. No author could possibly want his books read for free, sir. Are you trying to starve the creative artist? [thanks, Dan Gillmor's eJournal] Mmm, more Bruce Sterling.