As a strong believer in property rights both real and intellectual, and a fervent supporter of the free market — what’s happening on Wall Street right now isn’t a failure of the market, it’s the result of the collapse of distortions and bypasses of the market — I was optimistic when I saw an article [...]

Earlier this year Congress passed a Higher Ed reauthorization bill that, among other things, encouraged colleges and universities receiving federal support to develop plans to target illegal downloading and uploading of creative works on university networks and to promote legal alternatives, a move we promoted and praised. This issue has been ongoing at the state [...]

An interesting blog posted today discusses the ironies surrounding the work of Shepard Fairey, the artist who created the HOPE image that has been widely circulated during the Barack Obama campaign. Apparently, Fairey has become upset because some people have sold his posters – which he donated to the Obama campaign – on Ebay, thus [...]

Today’s guest blog is written by Michael Gallagher, President and CEO of the Entertainment Software Association (ESA).
In little more than a generation, video games have evolved from a niche market into a mass medium, helping millions of Americans live, work, and, of course, play. As a result, the entertainment software industry has become an [...]

MUNCIE, INDIANA: The folks here at Ball State’s Digital Economy Institute have put on an interesting conference called “Digital Policy in the Information Age.” I’ve already blogged on an interesting exchange I had regarding DVD replication with a student who attended the panel discussion in which I participated.
What was my panel on? That’s kind of [...]

There was a lot of talent and a lot of political firepower yesterday in the Russell Senate Caucus Room, a room where a former senator told me various Kennedys have announced whether or not they would run for President over the years. We heard no such announcement yesterday at the 2nd Annual Copyright EXPOnential, but [...]

My sympathies to anyone who didn’t make it over to the Russell Senate Caucus Room yesterday for our 2nd annual Copyright Alliance EXPOnential. Once again, Copyright Alliance members outdid themselves demonstrating the wide range of copyright industries and how those industries are innovating to bring consumers ever-more imaginative ways to enjoy creative works.
First, let me [...]

NASHVILLE — This is my second year speaking here, and I’m actually having more fun here than the year before. Great music, great people, great town.
Once again I served on the only policy-related panel. Despite the fact that this is not a policy conference, every seat was taken in our panel, which was moderated by [...]

For several years I’ve emphasized the rapid deployment of new, legal business models for copyrighted creative works. I’ve written research papers on this. I’ve written blogs on this. I’ve spoken at conferences such as CES and Digital Hollywood on this. And I’ve always noted the unifying theme among all of these models — licensing.
The latest [...]

It never ceases to amaze me how there could be objections to the efforts of Congress to encourage colleges and universities to enforce the law on their campuses while educating — yes, educating at educational institutions — their students on the law, and hopefully what is right and what is wrong. We all know many [...]