“Data on the supply of new works are consistent with our argument that file sharing did not discourage authors and publishers,” they write in their paper, “File-sharing and Copyright” PDF. “The publication of new books rose by 66 percent over the 2002-2007 period. Since 2000, the annual release of new music albums has more than …
Image by biverson via Flickr IFPI Loses: Telenor Will Not Block The Pirate Bay | TorrentFreak. This March, IFPI – backed by several Hollywood movie companies – gave Telenor, Norway’s largest ISP, a warning: block your users from accessing The Pirate Bay within 14 days or we will take legal action. Without any legal basis, …
Image via Wikipedia Amazon Apologizes For Kindle Flap CEO Jeff Bezos said removing copies of e-books from customers’ Kindles was “stupid, thoughtless, and painfully out of line with our principles.” via Amazon Apologizes For Kindle Flap — Amazon Kindle — InformationWeek. Listen to Jonathon Zittrain, talk about this issue. Addressed the issue of a “copy” …
“Copyright laws are all about balancing the protection of intellectual property rights and encouraging the consumption of those content in the right way. It is regrettable that the balance seems to be broke here, with too much weight concentrated toward the protection side,” the company wrote in its official blog. “This broken balance will not …