The digital industries, being relatively young, have not had to deal with a lot in the way of legal roadblocks. A lack of rules is an advantage when you’re breaking new ground, after all; but despite decades of plain sailing, moving fast, and not minding too much if things get broken, the public can think quite differently.
The term ‘digital industries’ is in any case so broad as to be close to meaningless. How does one compare the financial predicament of a now digital-first company like the Guardian, which has survived the transformation from a legacy publication primarily to a...