"Open" vs. "Closed" Distribution: Part II

On 5/13, I linked to Alex Rowland's thoughtful piece on this subject.  He's now published Part II, which begins: "In the last post I attempted to describe the difference between “open” and “closed” distribution networks. I believe the differences that exist between these two approaches are a driving force behind the long tail phenomenon and, importantly, critical to understanding evolving economic models that will drive content production, distribution, and consumption within the next couple of decades.  In this post I’m laying a little more foundation as to the reason why closed networks have dominated and why open networks are ascending. In the next post I’ll discuss how the economics of open networks will operate. ..."  Link:  Democracy in Media. --Dennis