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If they are going to analyze the economics of file barter, they should take a hint from Google’s UK policy manager: Ad supported piracy is big business. MORE
This decision also helps to clear up a big question that has been hanging over such programs, for over 3 years since the FCC reversed dozens of prior waivers granted by its staff to nonprofit groups claiming that the captioning would be economically burdensome on their operations (including the waiver that had been granted to this church). So what factors did the Commission review in denying this “economically burdensome” waiver request? MORE
Mariateresa Maggiolino, Eleonora Montani, and Giovanni Tuzet, all of Bocconi University, have published The Market for Gossip: Punish Paparazzi and You Will Produce Inefficiency. What do you call the action of digging up dirt that otherwise would remain buried, and MORE
Examining the congressional testimony and stated objectives of the DPPA, one can tease out some of the core principles of pre-industrial sumptuary codes; government control over social identity, the reinforcement of public morality, and the implementation of economic protectionism. MORE
Part 5 of a series: The Great Fallacy of Intellectual Property In this series of posts, I'm arguing that the central economic theory of intellectual property law is wrong. Copyright Cyber Economics Film For Law Profs The Great Fallacy of Intellectual Property MORE
According to a letter from the Copyright Office that has recently been made public, the economic troubles of broadcasters, which have been used to argue against the imposition of a performance royalty for the use of sound recordings by radio stations , are cyclical and are largely over. MORE
Stephan Kinsella over at the Mises Economics Blog posted a link to my new draft paper, Intellectual Property’s Great Fallacy. That paper argues that the essential bit of economic wisdom at the core of copyright – that external incentives. Copyright Economics For Law Profs The Great Fallacy of Intellectual PropertyThanks!) MORE
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Jerry Brito, et al, have published Net Neutrality Regulation: The Economic Evidence. In the authors' shared opinion, the economic evidence does not support the regulations proposed in the Commission’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Regarding Preserving the Here is the abstract. MORE
Copyright Economics For Law ProfsThe Great Fallacy of Intellectual Property In line with a series of posts I did in December, I have posted to SSRN a draft of a short essay I've written, Intellectual Policy's Great Fallacy. Here is the abstract: Intellectual property. MORE
Books Copyright Economics For Law ProfsPart 2 of a series: The Great Fallacy of Intellectual Property A growing literature, primarily from social scientists, shows that for creative labor, intrinsic motivation – as opposed to extrinsic motivation – is the most important stimulus to action. MORE
Van Eijk Nico, University of Amsterdam Institute for Information Law, Joost Poort, SEO Economic Research, and Paul Rutten, Leiden University, have published Legal, Economic and Cultural Aspects of File Sharing, in Communications and Strategies, No. MORE
The government recommends a man who hacked the e-mail accounts of celebrities pay restitution. A white collar lawyer explains how the dollar figures were determined. read more. THR, Esq. Tech Movies Tech Christina Aguilera Scarlett Johansson MORE
Venture Capitalist, Sequoia Capital put together a simplified slide presentation on start-ups and the economic downturn. Less is more and this presentation simplifies a lot of the complexity of the current economic mess we’re all in. Start-ups Venture Capital avc depression economic downturn economy eric upin fred wilson recession sequoia capital venture capitalists View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. MORE
100 I'm reading Predictably Irrational a behavioral economics popularization by Dan Ariely. Books Economics For Law Profs MORE
Andreas Rahmatian, University of Glasgow, School of Law, has published A Fundamental Critique of the Law-and-Economics Analysis of Intellectual Property Rights at 17 Marquette Intellectual Property L. The economic analysis of law and MORE
Behind bloody Gaza clashes, economic misery and piles of debt - The Washington Post MORE
Here’s my take: Lavery: How do you think the current economic situation will effect AFM business this year? Although mergers are already a part of the overall trend towards the consolidation of the business, the current economic climate will only accelerate this process. MORE
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Hannibal Travis, Florida International University College of Law, has published Estimating the Economic Impact of Mass Digitization Projects on Copyright Holders: Evidence from the Google Book Search Litigation, in volume 57 of the Journal of the Copyright Society of the MORE
A twenty-two year old Nevada woman has placed her virginity up for grabs in an online auction, where the bidding has reportedly reached over $3.7 million. The transaction has caught the attention of some religious groups, who would like the federal government to intervene. MORE
We’re often told that EDM producers and DJs are doing well in the “ new boss ” economy because they embrace digital distribution especially streaming, sample rather than hire live musicians, use hard drive recording rather than studios, and so on. How many times have you heard how healthy “DJ culture” because “every night 500,000 people go out dancing”? Pick your number for the anecdote.). MORE
Chris Castle : Come out for the CCC! Originally posted on The Trichordist : Saturday, October 18, 2014 @ 8:00 pm. A Benefit Concert for c3. Featuring John Zorn , Eric Slick (Dr Dog) , Steve Coleman , Marc Ribot , Henry Grimes , Marina Rosenfeld , Trevor Dunn , Brandon Seabrook , Satomi Matsuzaki ( Deerhoof ), A mir ElSaffar , and more! The event will also feature a short screening of highlights from Michael Count Eldridge ’s upcoming documentary film “Unsound”. MORE
While exemptions from these requirements are allowed if a programmer can demonstrate that the captioning would present an economic hardship , these waivers are difficult to receive as a programmer must show that, looking at its overall operations, there are insufficient financial resources to afford the captioning for the program (see our article here ). MORE
Hannibal Travis, Florida International University College of Law, has published The Economics of Book Digitization and the Google Books Litigation. MORE
Streaming is all the rage. But–it is cannibalizing higher margin goods, even digital goods. Because of the industry standard revenue share method of dividing up royalties, all artists essentially get a market share allocation of streaming service revenue based on the number of streams. MORE
As part of the Local Community Radio Act which, among other things, repealed restrictions against protecting full-power FM stations from third-adjacent channel interference from LPFM stations, Congress required that the FCC conduct a study of the economic impact that such stations will have on full-power FM stations. Even if the impact of LPFM on full-power station ratings can be assessed, is there any way to measure the economic effect of any such impact? MORE
DeVoy Just weeks before the bar exam, the New York Times craps all over the nonsensical economics of legal education. Based on the Times’ research, US News rankings play a surprisingly large role – and one much larger than the relevance such rankings actually have in practice. (“Oh, you went to Vanderbilt instead [.]. economy legal education MORE
Judge Brown attributes the end of his syndicated show to "trick economics Joe Brown, whose "Judge Joe Brown" court tv show is second only to "Judge Judy" in terms of popularity, comes to the end of its run next month. MORE
Christian Handke, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Faculty of History and Arts, is publishing Intellectual Property in Creative Industries: The Economic Perspective in Research Handbook on Intellectual Property and Creative Industries (C. MORE
Importantly, the Order offers a provisional interpretation of the term “economically burdensome” as that term is used in the recent Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 (“CVAA”). The Commission essentially concluded that although the CVAA uses the term “economically burdensome,” Congress did not intend to fundamentally change the existing standard for assessing individual exemptions based on undue burden. MORE
It should come as no surprise that we don't have much time for Chris Anderson around here. We do have a lot of time for Will Page, the economist who provided the analysis for the Radiohead "In Rainbows" project and a very bright lad with a lot of promise for a Scot. MORE
Venture Capitalist, Sequoia Capital put together a simplified slide presentation on start-ups and the economic downturn. Less is more and this presentation simplifies a lot of the complexity of the current economic mess we’re all in. Start-ups Venture Capital avc depression economic downturn economy eric upin fred wilson recession sequoia capital venture capitalistsView SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. MORE
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Here’s my take: Lavery: How do you think the current economic situation will effect AFM business this year? Although mergers are already a part of the overall trend towards the consolidation of the business, the current economic climate will only accelerate this process. MORE
Here’s my take: Lavery: How do you think the current economic situation will effect AFM business this year? Although mergers are already a part of the overall trend towards the consolidation of the business, the current economic climate will only accelerate this process. MORE
Venture Capitalist, Sequoia Capital put together a simplified slide presentation on start-ups and the economic downturn. Less is more and this presentation simplifies a lot of the complexity of the current economic mess we’re all in. Tags: venture capitalists economy sequoia capital economic downturn depression avc fred wilson Venture Capital eric upin recession Start-ups View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. MORE
115 [Following is an interview with a reader who is an independent publisher about how they view the future for songwriters and independent publishers in the streaming upside down world to the right of the decimal place. The publisher requested to remain anonymous.]. Chris Castle/MTP : I want to ask you about challenges in the streaming reality for an independent publisher. MORE
For those of you who haven’t heard about it, the London School of Economics allowed some lecturers to post a “study” on the LSE’s website that has some very questionable assumptions in it–not to mention overtly misquoting actual econometric studies. The august London School of Economics surely cannot consider such a “study” a meaningful contribution to academia absent criticism. MORE
The record label plaintiffs have moved to limit the testimony of Joel Tenenbaum's defense expert Johan Pouwelse , arguing that the Dutch computer scientist cannot "be considered an 'expert' on the wide variety of economic and business issues described in his reports." Argue the labels: He has no education, training, or expertise in economics, market analysis, or business models. MORE
The pro-copyright letter does not request specific action, instead stressing the economic importance of IP: Enforcement of copyrights and patents and protecting the freedom to create and be compensated for it are essential components of promoting the progress of sciences and arts, as articulated so clearly by our Founding Fathers in the U.S. MORE
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MAY 16, 2019
Streaming is all the rage. But–it is cannibalizing higher margin goods, even digital goods. Because of the industry standard revenue share method of dividing up royalties, all artists essentially get a market share allocation of streaming service revenue based on the number of streams.
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NOVEMBER 26, 2019
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SEPTEMBER 15, 2019
[Following is an interview with a reader who is an independent publisher about how they view the future for songwriters and independent publishers in the streaming upside down world to the right of the decimal place. The publisher requested to remain anonymous.]. Chris Castle/MTP : I want to ask you about challenges in the streaming reality for an independent publisher.
Music Technology Policy
OCTOBER 10, 2013
If they are going to analyze the economics of file barter, they should take a hint from Google’s UK policy manager: Ad supported piracy is big business.
Media Law Prof Blog
MAY 19, 2010
Jerry Brito, et al, have published Net Neutrality Regulation: The Economic Evidence. In the authors' shared opinion, the economic evidence does not support the regulations proposed in the Commission’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Regarding Preserving the Here is the abstract.
Pixelization
OCTOBER 5, 2010
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Media Law Prof Blog
FEBRUARY 19, 2014
Andreas Rahmatian, University of Glasgow, School of Law, has published A Fundamental Critique of the Law-and-Economics Analysis of Intellectual Property Rights at 17 Marquette Intellectual Property L. The economic analysis of law and
The Legal Satyricon
JULY 18, 2011
DeVoy Just weeks before the bar exam, the New York Times craps all over the nonsensical economics of legal education. Based on the Times’ research, US News rankings play a surprisingly large role – and one much larger than the relevance such rankings actually have in practice. (“Oh, you went to Vanderbilt instead [.]. economy legal education
Music Technology Policy
OCTOBER 14, 2013
For those of you who haven’t heard about it, the London School of Economics allowed some lecturers to post a “study” on the LSE’s website that has some very questionable assumptions in it–not to mention overtly misquoting actual econometric studies. The august London School of Economics surely cannot consider such a “study” a meaningful contribution to academia absent criticism.
Media Law Prof Blog
JANUARY 10, 2017
Christian Handke, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Faculty of History and Arts, is publishing Intellectual Property in Creative Industries: The Economic Perspective in Research Handbook on Intellectual Property and Creative Industries (C.
Media Law Prof Blog
APRIL 9, 2013
Judge Brown attributes the end of his syndicated show to "trick economics Joe Brown, whose "Judge Joe Brown" court tv show is second only to "Judge Judy" in terms of popularity, comes to the end of its run next month.
Media Law Prof Blog
JUNE 21, 2016
Hannibal Travis, Florida International University College of Law, has published The Economics of Book Digitization and the Google Books Litigation.
Music Technology Policy
DECEMBER 26, 2013
Music Technology Policy
MARCH 21, 2016
We’re often told that EDM producers and DJs are doing well in the “ new boss ” economy because they embrace digital distribution especially streaming, sample rather than hire live musicians, use hard drive recording rather than studios, and so on. How many times have you heard how healthy “DJ culture” because “every night 500,000 people go out dancing”? Pick your number for the anecdote.).
Media Law Prof Blog
APRIL 26, 2011
Van Eijk Nico, University of Amsterdam Institute for Information Law, Joost Poort, SEO Economic Research, and Paul Rutten, Leiden University, have published Legal, Economic and Cultural Aspects of File Sharing, in Communications and Strategies, No.
Communications And Entertainment Law Blog
APRIL 24, 2018
Behind bloody Gaza clashes, economic misery and piles of debt - The Washington Post
Media Law Prof Blog
SEPTEMBER 9, 2014
Mariateresa Maggiolino, Eleonora Montani, and Giovanni Tuzet, all of Bocconi University, have published The Market for Gossip: Punish Paparazzi and You Will Produce Inefficiency. What do you call the action of digging up dirt that otherwise would remain buried, and
Media Law Prof Blog
AUGUST 16, 2010
Hannibal Travis, Florida International University College of Law, has published Estimating the Economic Impact of Mass Digitization Projects on Copyright Holders: Evidence from the Google Book Search Litigation, in volume 57 of the Journal of the Copyright Society of the
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog
JUNE 27, 2012
The government recommends a man who hacked the e-mail accounts of celebrities pay restitution. A white collar lawyer explains how the dollar figures were determined. read more. THR, Esq. Tech Movies Tech Christina Aguilera Scarlett Johansson
Music Technology Policy
OCTOBER 17, 2014
Chris Castle : Come out for the CCC! Originally posted on The Trichordist : Saturday, October 18, 2014 @ 8:00 pm. A Benefit Concert for c3. Featuring John Zorn , Eric Slick (Dr Dog) , Steve Coleman , Marc Ribot , Henry Grimes , Marina Rosenfeld , Trevor Dunn , Brandon Seabrook , Satomi Matsuzaki ( Deerhoof ), A mir ElSaffar , and more! The event will also feature a short screening of highlights from Michael Count Eldridge ’s upcoming documentary film “Unsound”.
Communications And Entertainment Law Blog
JUNE 27, 2018
Broadcast Law Blog
MAY 10, 2011
As part of the Local Community Radio Act which, among other things, repealed restrictions against protecting full-power FM stations from third-adjacent channel interference from LPFM stations, Congress required that the FCC conduct a study of the economic impact that such stations will have on full-power FM stations. Even if the impact of LPFM on full-power station ratings can be assessed, is there any way to measure the economic effect of any such impact?
Copyrights & Campaigns
JULY 17, 2009
The record label plaintiffs have moved to limit the testimony of Joel Tenenbaum's defense expert Johan Pouwelse , arguing that the Dutch computer scientist cannot "be considered an 'expert' on the wide variety of economic and business issues described in his reports." Argue the labels: He has no education, training, or expertise in economics, market analysis, or business models.
Broadcast Law Blog
DECEMBER 7, 2014
This decision also helps to clear up a big question that has been hanging over such programs, for over 3 years since the FCC reversed dozens of prior waivers granted by its staff to nonprofit groups claiming that the captioning would be economically burdensome on their operations (including the waiver that had been granted to this church). So what factors did the Commission review in denying this “economically burdensome” waiver request?
Broadcast Law Blog
JULY 22, 2015
While exemptions from these requirements are allowed if a programmer can demonstrate that the captioning would present an economic hardship , these waivers are difficult to receive as a programmer must show that, looking at its overall operations, there are insufficient financial resources to afford the captioning for the program (see our article here ).
Copyrights & Campaigns
APRIL 20, 2009
The pro-copyright letter does not request specific action, instead stressing the economic importance of IP: Enforcement of copyrights and patents and protecting the freedom to create and be compensated for it are essential components of promoting the progress of sciences and arts, as articulated so clearly by our Founding Fathers in the U.S.
Pixelization
DECEMBER 20, 2010
Part 5 of a series: The Great Fallacy of Intellectual Property In this series of posts, I'm arguing that the central economic theory of intellectual property law is wrong. Copyright Cyber Economics Film For Law Profs The Great Fallacy of Intellectual Property
JetLawBlog
DECEMBER 17, 2009
Examining the congressional testimony and stated objectives of the DPPA, one can tease out some of the core principles of pre-industrial sumptuary codes; government control over social identity, the reinforcement of public morality, and the implementation of economic protectionism.
Broadcast Law Blog
JUNE 8, 2010
According to a letter from the Copyright Office that has recently been made public, the economic troubles of broadcasters, which have been used to argue against the imposition of a performance royalty for the use of sound recordings by radio stations , are cyclical and are largely over.
The Legal Satyricon
JANUARY 26, 2009
A twenty-two year old Nevada woman has placed her virginity up for grabs in an online auction, where the bidding has reportedly reached over $3.7 million. The transaction has caught the attention of some religious groups, who would like the federal government to intervene.
Pixelization
FEBRUARY 4, 2011
Stephan Kinsella over at the Mises Economics Blog posted a link to my new draft paper, Intellectual Property’s Great Fallacy. That paper argues that the essential bit of economic wisdom at the core of copyright – that external incentives. Copyright Economics For Law Profs The Great Fallacy of Intellectual PropertyThanks!)
DealFatigue
OCTOBER 10, 2008
Venture Capitalist, Sequoia Capital put together a simplified slide presentation on start-ups and the economic downturn. Less is more and this presentation simplifies a lot of the complexity of the current economic mess we’re all in. Tags: venture capitalists economy sequoia capital economic downturn depression avc fred wilson Venture Capital eric upin recession Start-ups View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own.
Broadcast Law Blog
OCTOBER 21, 2011
Importantly, the Order offers a provisional interpretation of the term “economically burdensome” as that term is used in the recent Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 (“CVAA”). The Commission essentially concluded that although the CVAA uses the term “economically burdensome,” Congress did not intend to fundamentally change the existing standard for assessing individual exemptions based on undue burden.
Pixelization
DECEMBER 15, 2010
Books Copyright Economics For Law ProfsPart 2 of a series: The Great Fallacy of Intellectual Property A growing literature, primarily from social scientists, shows that for creative labor, intrinsic motivation – as opposed to extrinsic motivation – is the most important stimulus to action.
Music Technology Policy
NOVEMBER 10, 2008
It should come as no surprise that we don't have much time for Chris Anderson around here. We do have a lot of time for Will Page, the economist who provided the analysis for the Radiohead "In Rainbows" project and a very bright lad with a lot of promise for a Scot.
Pixelization
SEPTEMBER 22, 2010
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DealFatigue
NOVEMBER 16, 2008
Here’s my take: Lavery: How do you think the current economic situation will effect AFM business this year? Although mergers are already a part of the overall trend towards the consolidation of the business, the current economic climate will only accelerate this process.
DealFatigue
OCTOBER 10, 2008
Venture Capitalist, Sequoia Capital put together a simplified slide presentation on start-ups and the economic downturn. Less is more and this presentation simplifies a lot of the complexity of the current economic mess we’re all in. Start-ups Venture Capital avc depression economic downturn economy eric upin fred wilson recession sequoia capital venture capitalists View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own.
DealFatigue
OCTOBER 10, 2008
Venture Capitalist, Sequoia Capital put together a simplified slide presentation on start-ups and the economic downturn. Less is more and this presentation simplifies a lot of the complexity of the current economic mess we’re all in. Start-ups Venture Capital avc depression economic downturn economy eric upin fred wilson recession sequoia capital venture capitalistsView SlideShare presentation or Upload your own.
Pixelization
JULY 2, 2011
I'm reading Predictably Irrational a behavioral economics popularization by Dan Ariely. Books Economics For Law Profs
DealFatigue
NOVEMBER 16, 2008
Here’s my take: Lavery: How do you think the current economic situation will effect AFM business this year? Although mergers are already a part of the overall trend towards the consolidation of the business, the current economic climate will only accelerate this process.
DealFatigue
NOVEMBER 16, 2008
Here’s my take: Lavery: How do you think the current economic situation will effect AFM business this year? Although mergers are already a part of the overall trend towards the consolidation of the business, the current economic climate will only accelerate this process.
Pixelization
JANUARY 23, 2011
Copyright Economics For Law ProfsThe Great Fallacy of Intellectual Property In line with a series of posts I did in December, I have posted to SSRN a draft of a short essay I've written, Intellectual Policy's Great Fallacy. Here is the abstract: Intellectual property.
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