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Intellectual Property News
New Blog About IP Related Issues:
Go to http://www.againstmonopoly.org for our latest postings on how monopoly inhibits innovation and how to protect innovation.
[Posted at 04/23/2006 06:36 AM by David K. Levine 
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Open Access in Economic Theory:
The first issue of Theoretical Economics is out. We aim to become the best specialty journal in economic theory. Vote for us.
[Posted at 03/03/2006 08:36 PM by David K. Levine ]
Sony-BMG: The Sony-BMG fiasco has demolished one argument for obtaining music legally rather than illegally over P2P networks. The RIAA advises against using file sharing networks because "file-sharers’ computers are vulnerable to
the viruses infecting other machines on the P2P networks." Leaving aside just how great this vulnerability is - F-Secure reports that there are no viruses to infect MP3 audio files - Sony-BMG has handily demolished this argument by planting its own malware on users computers.
[Posted at 11/29/2005 05:46 PM by David K. Levine ]
About Intellectual Property:
Eric Rasmusen has a nice post about the role of marketing in generating profit to cover the fixed cost of innovation. The model works well, for example, explaining how W.W. Norton profited from the 9/11 Commission Report, even though there was no copyright.
[Posted at 10/11/2005 11:03 AM by David K. Levine ]
Against Intellectual Monopoly:
Updated versions of the first six eight chapters now online.
[Posted at 09/26/2005 12:05 PM by David K. Levine ]
Theoretical Economics:
Now taking submissions. We aim to become the best specialty journal in economic theory. Here are some photos Ariel Rubinstein took of our secret meeting in London.
[Posted at 08/04/2005 10:25 AM by David K. Levine ]
The Microsoft Thought Police:
In the war on thought thieves thought police must be the logical next step.
[Posted at 05/14/2005 10:57 AM by David K. Levine ]
Theoretical Economics:
A new very serious open access journal in economic theory. We aim to become the best specialty journal in economic theory.
[Posted at 03/31/2005 05:24 PM by David K. Levine ]
Spanish overview of Boldrin and Levine on Intellectual Property:
Courtesy of Juan Dubra and his students. The article is here.
[Posted at 02/14/2005 06:24 PM by David K. Levine ]
Has Disney bought the courts along with congress:
Updated Tuesday October 25: An essay on Mickey Mouse and the economics of retroactive copyright.
[Posted at 10/14/2004 10:47 AM by David K. Levine ]
