Monthly Archives: February 2012

Friday’s Endnotes – 02/17/12

Terry Hart • February 17, 2012 • Posted in Friday's Endnotes • Comments closed

Spinning the Online Piracy Debate — Christopher Shea at the Wall Street Journal reports on how a study that examined the effects of P2P downloading on US box office receipts has been spun by some, including Boing Boing’s Cory Doctorow and TorrentFreak, to show no harm from piracy. (I would add Public Knowledge to this [...]

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Friday’s Endnotes – 02/10/12

Terry Hart • February 10, 2012 • Posted in Friday's Endnotes • Comments closed

Hit record — Salon.com Editor-in-chief Kerry Lauerman reports on lessons his company has learned. Aggregation, staff cuts, and emphasis on churning out content — doesn’t work. Focusing on originality, quality over quantity, and publishing less while spending more time on writing — does work. The site has grown its readership for the second year in [...]

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Guest Post: From Eldred To Golan: The “Traditional Contours” Test – Part II

Devlin Hartline • February 8, 2012 • Posted in Copyright history • Comments closed

Golan I & II A year after the Court decided Eldred, another district court, in what would turn out to be the first step in a protracted journey back to the Supreme Court, was asked to apply the “traditional contours” test. In Golan v. Ashcroft,1 plaintiffs (Lessig’s clients) included artisans and businesses that published and [...]

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Guest Post: From Eldred To Golan: The “Traditional Contours” Test – Part I

Devlin Hartline • February 6, 2012 • Posted in Copyright history • Comments closed

Today’s guest post comes from Devlin Hartline, a J.D. candidate at Loyola University New Orleans College of Law with an expected graduation date of May, 2012. His primary interests are in copyright, internet, and constitutional law. He lives with his wife and two young sons in Metairie, Louisiana. You can follow him on Twitter: @devlinhartline. “Constitution time [...]

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Friday’s Endnotes – 02/03/12

Terry Hart • February 3, 2012 • Posted in Friday's Endnotes • Comments closed

What do Record Labels Actually Do? You’d be Surprised — “For all the cynicism about money-grabbing majors, labels still offer artists the security they need to produce their best work,” says Helienne Lindvall of the Guardian. “It’s true the internet has been brilliant for artists in many ways, giving them an alternative route to make [...]

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More Evidence for Copyright Protection

Terry Hart • February 1, 2012 • Posted in Copyright reform • Comments closed

Following the shutdown of Megaupload, Internet folk hero Jonathan Coulton asked: [W]here is the proof that piracy causes economic harm to anyone? Looking at the music business, yes profits have gone down ever since Napster, but has anyone effectively demonstrated the causal link between that and piracy? There are many alternate theories (people buying songs [...]

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