Wasn’t is all Boston’s fault that we started our little argument with the colonial homeland a couple of hundred+ years ago? By one count MIT and Boston University are in the top 3 for domestic college copyright violators. But a recent Harvard study finds that these sharing activities actually increases the amount of artistic and other creative content. Turns out those folks up in beantown were right about the whole revolutionary thing way back when. For my money I’m willing to bet they are right about this latest cultural revolution as well.
Michael Geist – Harvard Study Finds Weaker Copyright Protection Has Benefited Society
The data indicates that file sharing has not discouraged creativity, as the evidence shows significant increases in cultural production.
Wired Campus: MIT Tops List of College Copyright Violators – Chronicle.com
According to the company’s annual report, MIT had 2,593 infringements of media owned by Bay-TSP’s clients. The University of Washington and Boston University ranked second and third, with 1,888 and 1,408 infringements, respectively.
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