Filesharing Review

Some slightly related from Technorati and Google.

[Furdlog] P2P Good; Piracy Bad: A report just released by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), meanwhile, says that file-sharing networks are not the sole culprits in the recording industry’s problems, and that they could become effective music distribution channels.

[Future of Music - music industry, music business, and free music downloads] Internet Piracy Sails On: "The report said it is difficult to establish a causal connection between the rise of file sharing and a drop in music sales. While the music industry's revenues fell 20 percent from 1999 to 2003, other factors, such as illegal CD copying, might have played a role in the decline, the OECD said,"

[Corante.com] Copyfight: Via Ernie Miller, an NYT piece on Make magazine that interacts nicely with Denise Howell's observations on the need to rethink copyright law in light of restrictions on the next generation's freedom to tinker: "Beneath all the home-brewed gadgets and cool software tricks lies a sly and subversive agenda. Make, its makers will tell you, is part of a grass-roots rebellion against consumer technology that they say stifles ingenuity by discouraging end-user modification."

[Indicare.org] INDICARE : INDICARE Blog: The report focuses on the way that the recording and the movie industry currently are treating file sharing networks, namely as "piracy". Why they shouldn't treat p-2-p networks this way, is explained in the next 4 chapters: Technologies of democracy, Technologies of Innovation, Technologies of Distribution, Incentives for artists.

[Kink.fm] Portland Oregon Radio Stations - KINK FM 102 - Portland Oregon News: Writer Brian Braiker noted that “For all the fire the recording industry breathes about the dangers the Internet poses to their survival, it’s ironic that some of the oldest recordings are once again seeing the light of day thanks to new technology. Still, there’s nothing quite like listening to a scratchy 78 or feeling its heft in your hand.

[P2p-weblog.com] P2P File Sharing - The Insider's Edition - Yet Another Report: P2P ...: The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) released .Internet-based piracy may be reduced, if licensed file-sharing

[Cyber.law.harvard.edu] Home - Berkman Center for Internet & Society: One thing I've been kicking around with the Berkman fellows is the idea of creating a grassroots media learning center, so that any podcaster or videoblogger can easily find out the legal ramifications of including a snippet of copyrighted music in a podcast or a scene from a Hollywood movie in their own personal video. We're also thinking about how to create a right clearance center to make it easy for people to obtain permission from the studios and record labels for such usages in return for a fee.

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