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Harvard Study Says Weak Copyright Benefits Society
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."
Studies or the truth don't matter.
What matters is the amount of people and money spent on lobbying.
(Politicians: representatives of lobbyists - this word originates from "Polis" which means "great gathering of lobbyists" in ancient Greek).
Sad but true.
The number of concerts would drop if musicians got a bigger percentage of the CDs.
The day copyright dies, the artistic output quality will drop drastically as few artists will work to benefit the leechers who will directly rip or remix existing art for personal use/gain.
I was rebutting these points, which are demonstrably false for artists who love their craft.
Artists being taken advantage of of is completely different issue. Don't conflate.
Put identity in the browser.
You're a retard. If something pays because people are willing to pay for it, then it pays. It's not because a bunch of armchair pirates want to force anyone to give it up for free that it changes anything to that fact. Basically you decide arbitrarily that studio recorded music should be free, and therefore as a sort of feedback loop that makes it inherently unworthy of any money. You can't just say "this should be free, make it free" for something that's not free and that the market validated as something you can ask money for.
Most Slashdotters are libertarians, but when it comes to stuff you want for free you all turn to commies.
You just got troll'd!
OK, what the hell is wrong with you people? Here's reality : studio artists make albums, sell albums, make money. Yet in two thirds of Slashdot's distorted mind, they should stop doing that and look for "a real job instead". What the fuck is wrong with you people? Do I have to explain a bunch of libertarians how the market basically works?! You have a bunch of people willing to buy what you want to sell, so why on Earth should you give up on that and give it up for free??
You just got troll'd!
1. The data indicates that file sharing has not discouraged creativity, as the evidence shows significant increases in cultural production.
Britney, meet Lady GaGa. Some schtick, different chick. Let's all thank them, and the hordes of copycat bimbo lip-synching strippers out there, for the "cultural producton".
Sidenote: What does it say about the credibility of the link, when they can't even get noun-verb agreement right? Data are plural, thus data "indicate"--they don't "indicates".