[Techdirt] Massive Research Report On ‘Piracy’ In Emerging Economies Released; Debunks Entire Foundation Of US Foreign IP Policy

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[…] It’s a rather massive 440 pages of research into a variety of issues having to do with infringement, specifically focused on emerging markets.[…]

[…] It goes into great detail how fascinating and innovative new business models are appearing around the globe where « piracy » is rampant, and suggests that we really need to rethink the idea of « piracy » in those markets.[…]

[…] It notes that the industry claims on « piracy » are not exactly credible or trustworthy — and not very productive towards coming up with solutions, since all they’ve done is « undermined confidence in the industry research enterprise. » In fact, it goes through a rather complete debunking of the overall industry claims, suggesting that they’re somewhat meaningless […]

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110308/02354213395/massive-research-report-piracy-emerging-economies-released-debunks-entire-foundation-us-foreign-ip-policy.shtml