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2011/3/7 David Orban <david@davidorban.com>

Sarò all'evento di lancio dello studio alla NYU questo mercoledì.

David Orban
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On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 9:35 PM, J.C. DE MARTIN <demartin@polito.it> wrote:
> http://piracy.ssrc.org/
>
> We are very happy to announce the release of Media Piracy in Emerging
> Economies, the first large scale, comparative, independent study of media
> piracy and enforcement.
>
> A number of the authors will be blogging over the next weeks to talk about
> the issues raised by the report and respond to questions. We hope you’ll
> take a closer look. We’ve made some smaller portions available under
> Resources for those looking to test the water before going in.
>
> About the Report
>
> Media Piracy in Emerging Economies is the first independent, large-scale
> study of music, film and software piracy in emerging economies, with a focus
> on Brazil, India, Russia, South Africa, Mexico and Bolivia.
>
> Based on three years of work by some thirty-five researchers, Media Piracy
> in Emerging Economies tells two overarching stories: one tracing the
> explosive growth of piracy as digital technologies became cheap and
> ubiquitous around the world, and another following the growth of industry
> lobbies that have reshaped laws and law enforcement around copyright
> protection. The report argues that these efforts have largely failed, and
> that the problem of piracy is better conceived as a failure of affordable
> access to media in legal markets.
>
> “The choice,” said Joe Karaganis, director of the project, “isn’t between
> high piracy and low piracy in most media markets. The choice, rather, is
> between high-piracy, high-price markets and high-piracy, low price markets.
> Our work shows that media businesses can survive in both environments, and
> that developing countries have a strong interest in promoting the latter.
> This problem has little to do with enforcement and a lot to do with
> fostering competition.”
>
> Major Findings
>
> Prices are too high. High prices for media goods, low incomes, and cheap
> digital technologies are the main ingredients of global media piracy.
> Relative to local incomes in Brazil, Russia, or South Africa, the retail
> price of a CD, DVD, or copy of MS Office is five to ten times higher than in
> the US or Europe. Legal media markets are correspondingly tiny and
> underdeveloped.
> Competition is good. The chief predictor of low prices in legal media
> markets is the presence of strong domestic companies that compete for local
> audiences and consumers. In the developing world, where global film, music,
> and software companies dominate the market, such conditions are largely
> absent.
> Antipiracy education has failed. The authors find no significant stigma
> attached to piracy in any of the countries examined. Rather, piracy is part
> of the daily media practices of large and growing portions of the
> population.
> Changing the law is easy. Changing the practice is hard. Industry lobbies
> have been very successful at changing laws to criminalize these practices,
> but largely unsuccessful at getting governments to apply them. There is, the
> authors argue, no realistic way to reconcile mass enforcement and due
> process, especially in countries with severely overburdened legal systems.
> Criminals can’t compete with free. The study finds no systematic links
> between media piracy and organized crime or terrorism in any of the
> countries examined. Today, commercial pirates and transnational smugglers
> face the same dilemma as the legal industry: how to compete with free.
> Enforcement hasn’t worked. After a decade of ramped up enforcement, the
> authors can find no impact on the overall supply of pirated goods.
>

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