Time for the Recording Industry to Face the Music: The Political, Social and Economic Benefits of Peer to Peer Communications Networks

Topics:
Music
Tags:
America,
Peer To Peer (P2P),
P2P,
Network,
Music,
Movie,
Internet,
Industry,
Benefit,
Technological Innovation
Source:
Consumer Federation of America

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Overview: This report explains why public policy should embrace peer-to-peer technologies. It examines the history of technological innovation in communications and the "piracy panics" they cause among entrenched incumbents. The paper reminds policymakers of the historic lesson that technological innovation promotes political, cultural, and social development, and economic growth. The analysis demonstrates the social and economic harms of the "tyranny of copyright" that recording companies and movie studios seek to impose on peer-to-peer technologies, as well as the legal and public policy grounds for rejecting this tyranny.

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Format: PDF | Size: 33KB | Date: Mar 2005 | Pages: 10

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