Harvard Study Says Weak Copyright Benefits Society 326
An anonymous reader writes "Michael Geist summarizes
an important new study on file sharing from economists Felix
Oberholzer-Gee and Koleman Strumpf. The Harvard Business School working paper
finds that given the increase in artistic production along with the
greater public
access conclude that 'weaker copyright protection, it seems, has
benefited society.' The authors point out that file sharing may not
result in
reduced incentives to create if the willingness to pay for
'complements' such as concerts or author speaking tours increases."
Re:Media Frenzy (Score:3, Funny)
You want media companies to run stories on how copyright might be bad?
Email me privately, I've got an offer you'll be interested in.
Re:Err.. (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Pointless (Score:5, Funny)
Really? And here I was under the impression that "politics" stems from "poly" meaning many, and "ticks" meaning "little blood sucking pests".
Amusing in the context of the paper (Score:4, Funny)
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Re:So what? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:No, YOU'RE the retard. (Score:3, Funny)