{"id":157,"date":"2005-01-08T02:57:12","date_gmt":"2005-01-08T06:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ugasser\/2005\/01\/08\/new-berkman-report-on-digital-media-i"},"modified":"2006-12-10T10:03:14","modified_gmt":"2006-12-10T14:03:14","slug":"new-berkman-report-on-digital-media-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ugasser\/2005\/01\/08\/new-berkman-report-on-digital-media-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"New Berkman Report on Digital Media Industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a name=\"a30\"><\/a>  The Berkman Center&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/media\/\">Digital Media Project<\/a> team has released an in-depth analysis of the impacts of policy choises on emerging business models in the music and film industries. Here&#8217;s the link to the paper and the abstract:<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/media\/content_and_control\">Content and Control: Assessing the Impact of Policy Choices on Potential  Online Business Models in the Music and Film Industries<\/a><\/div>\n<p>The online environment and new digital technologies threaten the viability  of the music and film industries&#8217; traditional business models. The industries  have responded by seeking government intervention, among other means, to protect  their traditional models as well as by developing new models specifically  adapted to the online market. Industry activity and public debate have focused  on three key policy areas related to copyright holders&#8217; control of content:  technical interference with and potential liability of P2P services; copyright  infringers&#8217; civil and criminal liability; and legal reinforcement of digital  rights management technologies (DRM).<\/p>\n<div>This paper seeks to support policymakers&#8217; decision making by delineating  the potential consequences of policy actions in these areas. To do so, it  assesses how such action would impact relevant social values and four business  models representative of current and emerging attempts to generate viable  revenues from digital media. The authors caution that government intervention is  currently premature because it is unlikely to strike an appropriate balance  between achieving industry goals while supporting other social values, such as  consumer rights, the diversity of available content, and technological  innovation.<\/div>\n<p>Special thanks &#8212; and congratulations &#8212; to <a href=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/people\/dslater.html\">Derek Slater<\/a> and Meg Smith of the Berkman team for their work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Berkman Center&#8217;s Digital Media Project team has released an in-depth analysis of the impacts of policy choises on emerging business models in the music and film industries. 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