tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4513524515428334509.post7252292759626490880..comments2024-03-26T10:41:35.852+00:00Comments on The 1709 Blog: The future of copyright: WIPO's visionMarie-Andree Weisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17125973798789498436noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4513524515428334509.post-70853701360252777152011-03-10T00:03:51.873+00:002011-03-10T00:03:51.873+00:00Canada's Social Science Research Council has ...Canada's Social Science Research Council has realeased a long report on piracy.<br /> http://piracy.ssrc.org/<br /><br />On 'hearts and minds' programs it has this to say:<br /><br />"Although education is generally presented as a long-term investment in counteracting these attitudes, the lack of evidence for their effectiveness is striking. There have, after all, been a lot of campaigns in the past decade—StrategyOne counted some 333 in developed countries alone as of 2009. It would be reasonable to expect some benchmarks and tentative conclusions. But such follow-up appears to be almost universally avoided."<br /><br />And this on successful net business models:<br /><br />"The factor common to successful low-cost models, our work suggests, is neither strong enforcement against pirates nor the creative use of digital distribution, but rather the presence of firms that actively compete on price and services for local customers."John R walkernoreply@blogger.com