Martin Blomkvist, Sony Ericsson's head of content acquisition and management said in a recent interview that offering digital music without rights or copying restrictions and games will help pull users toward the new site, providing a larger separate revenue stream, and stimulate handset sales.
And yesterday authors objecting to Google stealing and copying their books without their permission filed a class action copyright infringement suit against Google.
Local fabrication could be a valuable asset in the rejuvenation of local economies but to become a local economic saviour there needs to be a good IP protection system in place that allows copying to flourish without denying creative rights.