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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Jeez

[The Bungi]

linuxizer writes "I've been poking around in Penn's Library for most of my Freshman year, looking up copyright statistics.

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?

[ajlitt]

There's something wrong with you if most of your freshman year of college is spent looking up copyright statistics.

Re:Most of your freshman year?

[Anonymous Coward]

There's something wrong with you if most of your freshman year of college is spent looking up copyright statistics.

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.

Re:Most of your freshman year?

[tfoss]

I preferred the Beast's taste

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

zinger time

[Savatte]

"I've been poking around in Penn's Library"

I thought the only one who did that was Teller.

Thank you, I'll be here until I get booed off stage.

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Obligatory Homer

[umrgregg]

Kent: Mr. Simpson, how do you respond to the charges that petty vandalism such as graffiti is down eighty percent, while heavy sack-beatings are up a shocking nine hundred percent?

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:Lose IE

[ScuzzMonkey]

Oh, stop gloating... there are many of us sitting here, wasting our corporations' valuable time and bandwidth surfing Slashdot, who don't have the freaking option to install or use anything other than IE.

I mean, seriously, are you suggesting that we actually get work done and do our surfing at home? Please!