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Free Is Not An Aberration; It's Basic Economics
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| First, this is hogwash. Most newspapers
| and magazines make the majority of their
| money from advertisements anyway, so
| putting their content out there for free
| is hardly taking away serious revenue.
| Newspaper subscription fees don't even
| cover the printing and delivery costs.
| Magazine subscriptions are just as cheap.
| You know all those "deals" that give you
| magazine subscriptions for next to
| nothing? That's because subscription
| revenue is meaningless. Ad revenue is what
| matters.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20100228/2356308330.shtml
Once Again: People Want To Share The News
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| Lots of folks have been sending in the
| "news" about news consumption from a new
| Pew study. A lot of the attention being
| paid to the study focuses on how more
| people are using the internet for news
| than newspapers, but that was an obvious
| trend. What I find a bit surprising is how
| few people seem to be talking about one of
| the other findings: that so many people
| are actively involved in "shared news."
| That is, they either share news links or
| get news links from others on a regular
| basis.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20100302/0117008352.shtml
Supreme Court Says Courts Still Have Jurisdiction Over Unregistered Copyrights
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| In appealing the settlement, it was noted
| that many of the freelancers had not
| registered their copyrights. Now, as you
| hopefully know, you automatically get
| copyright on any new content as soon as
| it's set in tangible form, but if you
| decide to register it, it gives you
| additional privileges and remedies against
| infringement.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20100302/1504008373.shtml
Music without copyright
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| Hmmm...think it would make a lot of
| difference to the world if they lost the
| $1.6 million from the albums? Without
| copyright they'd only make $22.8 million
| from touring...You might almost think it
| would be worth it to them to give the
| recorded music away for free to promote
| their concerts...
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http://www.againstmonopoly.org/index.php?perm=593056000000002641&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
Recent:
Disney's Takedown Of Roger Ebert's Tribute To Gene Siskel
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| Notice that they think it's Disney again.
| How nice of them to repeatedly take down the
| videos of Ebert's tribute to his close
| friend. Just like copyright law intended.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20100217/0310368194.shtml
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