[A2k] Harvard Study Says Weak Copyright Benefits Society

[Jeffrey A. Williams]

All,

  As an FYI, see:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/06/18/0311216

Of course most of us already know this, but I guess we needed
Harvards blessing to make it official in some way...  I am also
sure that the RIAA and the MPAA are up in arms with this study.

"Michael Geist  http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/4062/125/
summarizes an important new study on file sharing from economists
Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Koleman Strumpf. The Harvard Business
School  http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-132.pdf 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."

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