[wos] Assessing the Impact of Policy Choices on Potential Online Business [signed]

[Matthias Spielkamp [c]]

Models in the Music and Film Industries

The online environment and new digital technologies threaten the 
viability of the music and film industries' 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' control of content: technical 
interference with and potential liability of P2P services; copyright 
infringers' civil and criminal liability; and legal reinforcement of 
digital rights management technologies (DRM).

This paper seeks to support policymakers' 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.

http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/media/files/content_control.pdf

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