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Piercing the peer-to-peer myths: An examination of the Canadian experience
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 17:39:57 -0400
------ Forwarded Message From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com> Reply-To: <dewayne () warpspeed com> Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 13:00:01 -0700 To: Dewayne-Net Technology List <dewayne-net () warpspeed com> Subject: [Dewayne-Net] Piercing the peer-to-peer myths: An examination of the Canadian experience Piercing the peer-to-peer myths: An examination of the Canadian experience by Michael Geist Abstract Canada is in the midst of a contentious copyright reform with advocates for stronger copyright protection maintaining that the Internet has led to widespread infringement that has harmed the economic interests of Canadian artists. The Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) has emerged as the leading proponent of copyright reform, claiming that peertopeer file sharing has led to billions in lost sales in Canada. This article examines CRIA¹s claims by conducting an analysis of industry figures. It concludes that loss claims have been greatly exaggerated and challenges the contention that recent sales declines are primarily attributable to filesharing activities. Moreover, the article assesses the financial impact of declining sales on Canadian artists, concluding that revenue collected through a private copying levy system already adequately compensates Canadian artists for the private copying that occurs on peertopeer networks. <http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue10_4/geist/> Weblog at: <http://weblog.warpspeed.com> ------ End of Forwarded Message ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as lists-ip () insecure org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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