Jeff Jarvis: “It is too early to define internet” – La Vanguardia

Madrid, October 29 (EFE) .- The American university professor and new journalism guru Jeff Jarvis said today during CreaCultura Forum is still “early” to define the Internet and to know “what business models can work” .

“We do not know what the Internet is still, we attempted to replicate the old models in this new world and it is too early to define it. And it is also too early to know what business models work or not, and for governments declared the winner in this game of Intellectual Property, “said Jarvis.

During the meeting, organized by Atresmedia in partnership with Bertelsmann, Jarvis has also expressed, emphasizing the concept that it is “too early”, that the “economy needs time to solve this problem.”

“The models have to explore and what we need, on the part of governments, and Google technology companies are investing in new models, “he added.

Meanwhile, Irene Braam, Vice President of Government Relations at Bertelsmann, who shared dialogue with the US, has stressed the idea that necessary that the “digital world” as a subject in schools so that new generations know the “values” of this new world.

Both have also agreed on the idea that we must distinguish between property Intellectual in the “journalism and entertainment.” A statement on which Jarvis has said that journalism “can not be holders or owners” of the information generated.

“The media has a different legal framework and entertainment so they have to be differentiated the business models, “he added.

Meanwhile, the US ambassador to Spain, James Costs, which is responsible for opening the conversation in which the journalist Vicente Vallés has served as mediator, has expressed that the Spanish culture is an “important part of the Spain Brand” that both the Spanish government and the embassy “actively promoted to encourage investment in this country.”

“The creative industries create jobs, and protection of intellectual property is crucial for this activity, “remarked costs, it believes that” strengthening intellectual property rights is not an end in itself. It is a means to ensure a healthy industry that creates jobs and takes advantage of creativity of the Spanish population, “he added

In this line coincided CEO Atresmedia Silvio Gonzalez in the opening ceremony.” Beyond IP jobs are disappearing if tracking tendency for people to consume without pay. “

The forum is part of CreaCultura, a movement that was created to” uphold and recognize “the value of intellectual property and awareness” about the consequences “that Atremedia as “affect everyone.”

The action arises from an “open approach” and seeks to “create a space for encounter and debate to find solutions through dialogue.”