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> The degree to which it's successful in doing that compared to the degree to which it actually hampers the availability and diversity of content is measurable.
by hcarvalhoalves 13y ago
> The degree to which it's successful in doing that compared to the degree to which it actually hampers the availability and diversity of content is measurable. And once we measure it, we can set the period non-arbitrarily.
I've seen many claim this ("we can measure if the law is producing a net positive") everytime copyright law, or any controversial law, is discussed. Can you back this up, or is just blind positivism?
- icambron 13y agoSure. We do measure that, and there are a great many studies that do just that. The results so far, as I understand them, are "no, the current law does not produce a net positive", but there's nothing to suggest that such measurements would stop working if the laws were changed such that they did produce a net positive. Some examples: - http://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Publication%20Files/09-132.pdf http://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Publication%20Files/09-132.pdf - http://www.official-documents.gov.uk/document/other/0118404830/0118404830.asp http://www.official-documents.gov.uk/document/other/01184048... - http://www.ipo.gov.uk/ipreview-finalreport.pdf http://www.ipo.gov.uk/ipreview-finalreport.pdf - http://www.booz.com/media/file/BoozCo-Impact-US-Internet-Copyright-Regulations-Early-Stage-Investment.pdf http://www.booz.com/media/file/BoozCo-Impact-US-Internet-Cop... I can't vouch for the strength of those particular reports or studies, but clearly people are putting a lot of energy into measuring this stuff. Why the nihilism?