This paper,”Infringement Nation: Copyright Reform and the Law/Norm Gap” by John Tehranian discusses the problem with copyright especially in light of the pervasive use of the Internet. The premise:
As the rapid pace of technological change continues to force a reconsideration of the vitality of our intellectual property regime, it is tempting indeed to cite the
“communications [...]

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The Wire creator David Simon in this interview states:
The newsroom where I used to work (the Baltimore Sun) had 460 people. Now it has 300. And there are people out there who just don’t care. They’ll make more money putting out a mediocre paper than they would putting out a better paper. [...]

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The Register reports that astroturfing in the EU could mean jail time.
Under laws due to come into force at the beginning of next year, but likely to be delayed until April for the UK, companies posing as consumers on fake blogs, providing fake testimonies on consumer rating websites such as TripAdvisor, or writing [...]

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Matt has a post prompted by Radiohead’s new pricing policy for their album In Rainbows which is essentially pick your price. He talks about how this is possible because music is a post-scarcity commodity. His commentary is good so read his posts but here are some highlights.
Data is a post-scarcity commodity. Post-scarcity, [...]

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