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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.
You know what doesn't benefit society? JEWS. Why is it anytime a Jew does something wrong they can always fall back on the Holocaust. Notice how the Holocaust is capitalized yet Slavery of African Americans isn't in proper context. Jews can do whatever they want and no one will even moan while the Anglo Saxon male is blamed for the recession. Not the greedy Jew. Bernie Madoff is a memory to most just like the injustice to African Americans while Jews are free to do whatever they want whenever they want like spoiled children. Sure you can say you are the smarter "race" when you are allowed to destroy another race at the benefit of your own. Of course Jews teach American history as negative while they fulfill their own zionist destiny of purging the world of Africans and Muslims with white americans next. My own request of a smart enough guy is to not pussy out and renew a Jewish holocaust. I am tired of Jews with no national affiliation spew bullshit about how they are better because they think they are Woody Allen. I hope all Jews die of Founders disease.
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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!
Why the hell would you want the government to take over one of the few sectors that's actually ADDING jobs right now? Leave it alone, Obongo. Your cronies have already done such a shitty job with MediCare and MedicAid and Social Security. Why should the bulk of us just hand over our healthcare decisions to some slow-witted, slothful, affirmative action product bureaucratic bean counter?
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".