The End of Chinese Cultural Exceptionalism? Part 1 of 3: The Ancient History of the DVD
Dan Harris at China Law Blog invited me to write a post about the launch of the Chinese translation of…
America Says: Go Gently on Porn Pirate
So another case has come along to illustrate the excesses of the US system of statutory penalties for copyright infringement–here,…
Copy Culture by Race and Ethnicity
We’ve looked at the difference age makes to copying and downloading (a lot), and gender (not much), and politics (not…
Pirates are the Best Customers: Anatomy of a Ridiculous Controversy
Some weeks ago, we published a lengthy blog post called Where do Music Collections Come From? which discussed findings from…
Male Copiers are from Mars. Female Copiers are also from Mars
Continuing our march through the demographics of Copy Culture in the US and Germany, let’s look at gender. Would you…
Could Pirate Romney Win/Have Won?
With the election around the corner, polls tied, and a slow news week in the US, it’s time to ask…
Unauthorized File Sharing: Is It Wrong?
We’re kicking off our Copy Culture in the US and Germany pre-release festivities with a fresh(ish) look at an old…
“Copy Culture” Presentation at the O’Reilly Tools of Change Conference
With the takedown of Library.nu (formerly Gigapedia), the major US and UK publishers are joining the war on file sharing.…
After SOPA → Sign the Washington Declaration on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest
Now that we’re post SOPA/PIPA (for now), it’s important to develop a larger framework for how intellectual property law can…
The Link Between Piracy and Organized Crime
Well, McGruff the Crime Dog has been dusted off for the fight against piracy, as part of a new Department…
The Copy Culture Survey: Infringement and Enforcement in the US
The U.S. House of Representatives is now debating the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA)—the counterpart to the Senate’s PROTECT IP…
Comment on European Audiovisual Policy
I’ve turned The European Strategy Trilogy into something a little more refined and submitted it to the European Commission’s public…