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Statistical Analysis of Copyright Registrations

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."

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  1. Re:Lose IE by Nom+du+Keyboard · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Maybe you should switch to Mozilla

    And didn't Mozilla development take a near death-blow today with the AOL-directed layoffs?

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    "It's the height of ridiculousness to say for those 9 lines you get hundreds of millions."