For example, traffic might have grown faster than it actually did if the recording industry had not put the legal kibosh on Napster. Some say that if it were legal to trade video files a la Napster, it would be so popular that we wouldn't have any overcapacity. In fact, we'd have to install new long-haul capacity. If this is right, the most effective short-term fix to the overcapacity situation would be to reform intellectual property laws to be more consistent with how people want to use the Internet.
Via InstaPundit [1], CRISIS AND REVOLUTION IN TELECOM [2] (as quoted in Redwood Dragon [3])
An interesting look at a possible cause of the recent telecommunications problems and why a dumb network is “A Good Thing.”
[1] http://www.instapundit.com/archives/002542.php#002542
[2] http://www.davetrowbridge.com/MT/archives/000323.html#000323