tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16506211.post3760166902815626576..comments2024-03-28T10:17:26.734+01:00Comments on Professors blogg: Sweden, The Pirate Bay trial. Profit-appropriation of global culture vs. public downloading is not a generational conflict, but ideological:Marcello Ferrada-Noli (Sweden)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17408813984000867979noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16506211.post-30177693751578189512009-03-04T18:49:00.000+01:002009-03-04T18:49:00.000+01:00Tor,a. Interesting info. and thanks for the links....Tor,<BR/>a. Interesting info. and thanks for the links.<BR/>b. Regarding "the public debate about foreign aid displays some similarities with the copyright debate". Good point!Marcello Ferrada-Noli (Sweden)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17408813984000867979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16506211.post-18397708514971696702009-03-04T17:56:00.000+01:002009-03-04T17:56:00.000+01:00"The notion of notorious creativity as a national ...<I>"The notion of notorious creativity as a national trade mark has been enhanced in Sweden by the prosperity achieved in the last years by domestic or multinational companies in the music business and which have given out songs created or interpreted by Swedish artists."</I><BR/><BR/>Well, as Rasmus Fleischer shows in a <A HREF="http://copyriot.se/2009/02/27/det-svenska-musikundret-papper-till-ekonomhistorikermotet/" REL="nofollow">recent paper</A> of his the relative economical importance of the "music industry" has been greatly exaggerated by special interest groups. It's just 19 pages, and very interesting reading material - I recommend it. It also discusses different perspectives on culture.<BR/><BR/>Personally I'm a bit undecided regarding public funding of culture. But I do think you have some good points and it's important to realize that very big sums are already based on public funding. And we also have the <A HREF="http://www.sr.se/sida/artikel.aspx?artikel=2634100&programid=1012" REL="nofollow">tax on storage media</A> which generates hundreds of million SEK each year - distributed in a quite questionable fashion. Although I'm a supporter of free markets it's important to realize that the market of digital copies is an artifically created one.<BR/><BR/>Have you noticed that the public debate about foreign aid displays some similarities with the copyright debate, namely that people tend to focus on the <I>input</I> (pay something in order to not feel guilty) rather than the <I>output</I> (making sure the money is put to best possible use)?<BR/><BR/>Btw. have you seen the <A HREF="http://www.ulfpettersson.se/2006/06/27/upphovsratten-som-incitament-en-inkomstanalys-av-kreativa-yrken/" REL="nofollow">paper on copyright and incentives</A> written by Ulf Petterson?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16506211.post-83564618715493653022009-02-24T15:24:00.000+01:002009-02-24T15:24:00.000+01:00Professor, respect. That's exactly, or very close,...Professor, respect. That's exactly, or very close, to my own opinion on what things are and what they should be. I would recommend this blog entry to other readers.<BR/><BR/>Thanks.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03661447797054417661noreply@blogger.com