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Terry Hart

Terry Hart created Copyhype in August 2010. See the about page for more information on him.

Friday’s Endnotes – 02/17/12

Terry Hart • February 17, 2012 • Posted in Friday's Endnotes • 9 Comments

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 • 9 Comments

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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Friday’s Endnotes – 02/03/12

Terry Hart • February 3, 2012 • Posted in Friday's Endnotes • 10 Comments

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 • 36 Comments

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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Friday’s Endnotes – 01/27/12

Terry Hart • January 27, 2012 • Posted in Friday's Endnotes • 10 Comments

The Truth Behind Google’s Copyright-Bills Hysteria — Great piece on the hyperbole that became the norm over recent legislation. “The tech industry has demonstrated great political clout through the mobilization of its users and fan base; and the industry lobby, led by Google, will say and do pretty much anything to advance its commercial interests.” The [...]

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Megaupload and the DMCA

Terry Hart • January 25, 2012 • Posted in Copyright news • 18 Comments

Last week’s indictment and arrest of Megaupload and seven of its execs added a strong dose of drama to an already dramatic couple of days in the copyright arena. The US Department of Justice calls this “among the largest criminal copyright cases ever brought by the United States,” though I wouldn’t be surprised if it is actually the largest [...]

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Saturday’s Endnotes – 01/21/12

Terry Hart • January 21, 2012 • Posted in Friday's Endnotes • 30 Comments

Slow news week, right? Other than a Supreme Court decision, one of the largest criminal copyright infringement indictments in history, and an internet protest against SOPA that resulted in nearly 1.5% of the US population contacting their representatives. Inevitably a lot of links today will deal with issues surrounding SOPA and the PROTECT IP Act. [...]

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Hey, what happened to Wikipedia? (An intro to SOPA)

Terry Hart • January 18, 2012 • Posted in Copyright news • 71 Comments

With sites like Wikipedia and Google holding a protest today, many people are likely hearing about proposed copyright legislation — the Stop Online Piracy Act in the House and the Protect IP Act in the Senate — for the first time today. So I figured I’d dispense with my usual writing — footnotes and all [...]

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Saturday’s Endnotes – 01/14/12

Terry Hart • January 14, 2012 • Posted in Friday's Endnotes • Comments closed

“It has been a generally accepted theory, but a false one, that infringement of copyright only takes place when copies are made for public sale or performance, and not when they are intended merely for personal use.” Musical News, vol. 8, pg. 314 (April 6, 1895). SOPA  and Censorship Spillovers — Law professor Randal C. Picker [...]


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The Evolution of Copyright

Terry Hart • January 11, 2012 • Posted in Copyright history • 16 Comments

The following is an excerpt from Brandew Matthews‘ article, The Evolution of Copyright, which originally appeared in Political Science Quarterly in December, 1890. It traces the “prehistory” of copyright — from ancient Greek and Roman times to the development of the printing press — and gives one explanation for its development. Perhaps a consideration of the [...]

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