SOPA: The Sky is Falling, The Sky is Falling!
By Amber Rose and Barry Shrum If you’ve cruised the net or checked out your local news any time within the last few months, chances are …
24 Mar
Illegal file-sharing has the greatest impact on the lowly songwriter
Illegal file-sharing has the greatest impact on the lowly songwriter
A decade’s worth of music file-sharing and swiping has made clear that the people it hurts are the creators… and the people this reverse Robin …
21 Mar
The Utilitarian Idea of a Monopolistic Right in Intangible Property
The Utilitarian Idea of a Monopolistic Right in Intangible Property
By Barry Neil Shrum, Esquire and Nathan Drake The classical libertarian, Frédéric Bastiat, is quoted as saying: In the full sense of the word, man is …
02 Mar
98% of all Statistics are Made Up on the Spot! Fact is, copyright infringement DOES kill jobs.
98% of all Statistics are Made Up on the Spot! Fact is, copyright infringement DOES kill jobs.
Mark Twain had a lot to say about statistics, ranking them as the highest of all lies: “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned …
28 Feb
The Magical Ring of Gyges: Why Illegal Downloading is So Rampant in the Age of Cyberspace
The Magical Ring of Gyges: Why Illegal Downloading is So Rampant in the Age of Cyberspace
NBC Universal recently hired a company called Envisional to study counterfeiting activity over the Internet. The results of this study – despite the fact that …
26 Feb
Origins of an Idea–Nothing New Under the Sun?
Origins of an Idea–Nothing New Under the Sun?
That ideas should freely spread from one to another over the globe, for the moral and mutual instruction of man, and improvement of …
28 Jan
Fair Use is not always “Fair.”
Fair Use is not always “Fair.”
The concept of “fair use” is a very misunderstood concept. The first common misunderstanding that people espouse is that the concept of “fair use” …
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