Intellectual property and economic prosperity: Friends or foes? — Mark Schultz and Adam Mossoff: “Looking at the bigger picture, the broad sweep of economic history indicates that when it comes to economic prosperity and innovation, the U.S. and a few other nations have been doing something right for the past two centuries. The U.S. and Great Britain led the world into unprecedented prosperity and development through the Industrial Revolution, and the U.S. remains responsible for a vast amount of the innovation and creativity driving global prosperity – from the world’s most successful creative industries to smartphones to life-saving drugs.”
Behind the Best Pictures From Ferguson, With Getty Photographer Scott Olson — Olson, who was briefly arrested while covering the protests in Ferguson, Missouri, talks to New York Magazine about some of the popular and powerful photographs he has so far captured.
How Social Media Silences Debate — The New York Times points to a study that finds that people are less likely to express dissent on issues online than they are in person, contrary to what some had predicted.
Meet The Publisher Who Ditched Amazon And Is Selling More Books Than Ever — “In a turn of events that might offer some solace to other publishers, White recently announced that EDC has not only survived the leap into the unknown but just had its best year ever in net revenues. July sales were up 28% over the same month last year, and first-quarter revenues came in 20% higher than 2013’s numbers.”
How do writers find their voices? — Interesting preliminary results from a survey of writers. “One particularly startling finding has been that many writers are unable to ‘see’ the faces of their protagonists. The main character often registers as a blank – or, in one case, pixelated like a censored photograph.”