• DocumentCode
    1350225
  • Title

    Do the Luddites Ever Win?

  • Author

    Lesk, Michael

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Libr. & Inf. Sci., Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, NJ, USA
  • Volume
    8
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    2010
  • Firstpage
    79
  • Lastpage
    82
  • Abstract
    Advocates for traditional newspapers have recently been calling for a tax on Internet activities that would support paper-based journalism. Concerns about new technologies destroying the old aren\´t new, but do the "luddites" ever win?
  • Keywords
    Internet; competitive intelligence; electronic publishing; social aspects of automation; taxation; Internet tax; newspaper advocate; paper based journalism; Cost benefit analysis; Economics; Finance; Government policies; Internet; Licenses; Social implications of technology; Technological innovation; Technology; Internet tax; journalism; license fees; technology economics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Security & Privacy, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1540-7993
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MSP.2010.148
  • Filename
    5601495