How much harm does music piracy really cause?

If piracy just hurt the big fat cats that run record companies then I'd say yeah - go for it. Even the hugely rich established bands to an extent. read more

If we look to academic literature for evidence on piracy's harm to the music industry, we can draw some broad conclusions. I'm aware of one paper that reviews the previous literature on the topic, Assessing the Academic Literature Regarding the Impact of Media Piracy on Sales (2012). read more

Tim O'Reilly read the White House statement on the SOPA / PIPA legislation and came away with mixed feelings. read more