In my comment on Enabling the Future, I failed to grasp with precision the point being made. Joe Kenedy clarifies:

I did not mean to imply that the motives of new entrants are necessarily any purer than those of established companies and I certainly agree that getting the property rights is important. My point, which follows Clayton Christensen, is that established players often have more of an interest in preserving existing technology since it is generating returns for them. They are often reluctant and unable to cannibalize existing markets in order to pursue what Christensen calls disruptive innovations. Since society has an interest in seeing disruptive innovations flourish, it must often rely on new firms whose very existence depends upon the innovations. I do agree that net neutrality seems to be one area where it is the new companies that are actively lobbying for government action that would give them a competitive advantage.

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