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July 1st, 2009, 06:36 AM
I stumbled across an interesting article and wanted to share.
A research was conducted that shows that file sharing is beneficial to the society.
Harvard Study Finds Weaker Copyright Protection Has Benefited Society
http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/4062/125/
Wednesday June 17, 2009
Economists Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Koleman Strumpf have just released a new Harvard Business School working paper called File Sharing and Copyright that raises some important points about file sharing, copyright, and the net benefits to society. The paper, which includes a helpful survey of the prior economic studies on the impact of file sharing, includes the following:
1. The data indicates that file sharing has not discouraged creativity, as the evidence shows significant increases in cultural production.
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For example, the worldwide number of feature films produced each year has increased from 3,807 in 2003 to 4,989 in 2007 (Screen Digest, 2004 and 2008). Countries where film piracy is rampant have typically increased production. This is true in South Korea (80 to 124), India (877 to 1164), and China (140 to 402). During this period, U.S. feature film production has increased from 459 feature films in 2003 to 590 in 2007 (MPAA, 2007).
Read the rest at:
http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/4062/125/
A research was conducted that shows that file sharing is beneficial to the society.
Harvard Study Finds Weaker Copyright Protection Has Benefited Society
http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/4062/125/
Wednesday June 17, 2009
Economists Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Koleman Strumpf have just released a new Harvard Business School working paper called File Sharing and Copyright that raises some important points about file sharing, copyright, and the net benefits to society. The paper, which includes a helpful survey of the prior economic studies on the impact of file sharing, includes the following:
1. The data indicates that file sharing has not discouraged creativity, as the evidence shows significant increases in cultural production.
.............. [Snipped]
For example, the worldwide number of feature films produced each year has increased from 3,807 in 2003 to 4,989 in 2007 (Screen Digest, 2004 and 2008). Countries where film piracy is rampant have typically increased production. This is true in South Korea (80 to 124), India (877 to 1164), and China (140 to 402). During this period, U.S. feature film production has increased from 459 feature films in 2003 to 590 in 2007 (MPAA, 2007).
Read the rest at:
http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/4062/125/