Statistical Analysis of Copyright Registrations 337
linuxizer writes "I've been poking around in Penn's Library for most of my Freshman year, looking up copyright statistics. What I found is basically what many suspected all along: extending and strengthening copyright terms has little effect on actual innovation. Perhaps most fascinating is the strong 40-year upward trend in registrations which is sharply broken in 1991 with a precipitous decline. Also included are some interesting observations about the RIAA's data. The numerous graphics should be well-enough explained that you don't need to go to the data files, but they are included if needed."
Jeez (Score:5, Funny)
By $DEITY man! Get out, get drunk, get laid! There'll be plenty of time to poke around libraries when you're 40!
Most of your freshman year? (Score:5, Funny)
zinger time (Score:5, Funny)
I thought the only one who did that was Teller.
Thank you, I'll be here until I get booed off stage.
Re:Um (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Most of your freshman year? (Score:5, Funny)
My freshman year was highly spent looking up statistics:
for example,
Milwaukee's Best Ice Light: 5.1% alcohol, $3.99
Natural Light Ice: 5.4% alcohol, $4.29.
I could never decide which was the better deal, but I preferred the Beast's taste and I was most like to have 4 $1 dollar bills, as opposed to 4 $1 bills and random change, so my scientific analysis dictated the Beast Ice.
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Re:Most of your freshman year? (Score:1, Funny)
What would you suggest he do? Join a frat, drink a ton of beer, see how many STDs he can get, fail out of classes, go home and live with his parents?
What will that do for him? Give him more time to spend on
This is have funny and have insightful (for those moderators that are clueless).
Obligatory Homer (Score:4, Funny)
Homer: Aw, people can come up with statistics to prove anything, Kent. Forfty percent of all people know that.
-- Effective interview responses, "Homer the Vigilante"
Re:Statistics of Statistics Sites (Score:2, Funny)
Although I am as well (work-mandated) and never saw any spyware or gator installs that ppl are talking about... just popups...
Re:Jeez (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Lose IE (Score:5, Funny)
I mean, seriously, are you suggesting that we actually get work done and do our surfing at home? Please!
Re:Most of your freshman year? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Most of your freshman year? (Score:4, Funny)
Now, I'm pretty sure I've never heard that statement uttered, even in the most drunken stupor known to college students on spring break in panama city.
-Ted
Get wasted and laid IN the library! (Score:3, Funny)
The stacks weren't well-traveled and you could get yourself into some nooks and crannies where you could hang out and not see a soul for hours (or even days I'd wager).
Well, needless to say, it was trivial to bring booze into the stacks for a little post-study cocktail, and since the windows actually opened, even a few pulls from a pinch-hitter was pretty easily done as well. My girlfriend and I even discovered that even a quickie wasn't out of the question they were so abandoned.
So not only can you enjoy the library, you can enjoy some of college life's distractions *in* the library!