FRIENDS ARE PROBABLY MORE OF AN INFLUENCE THAN OUR PARENTS? DO YOU THINK SO?
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BACK STORY

WORKING AS A NEW MEDIA CONSULTANT FOOR THE PRINT INDUSTRY RESEARCH ASSOCIATION ON EU FUNDED PROJECTS IN 1998 - THE DEATH OF PAPER BASED INFORMATION WAS BEING DISCUSSED AND PLANNED FOR THEN. PUBLISHERS WERE LOOKING FOR DIGITAL FINANCIAL MODELS THAT WOULD RIVAL PRINT. AND WERE CONCERNED THEY WOULD GO OUT OF BUSINESS - AFTERALL IF PEOPLE GOT AN ELECTRONIC COPY WHAT WAS TO STOP THEM DISTRIBUTING IT? DIGITAL SIGNATURES AND COPY RESTRICTING ENCRYPTION WAS BEING CONSIDERED. WOULD PEOPLE READ NEWSPAPERS ANY MORE?