Copyright Alliance's Podcast

Terry Hart, Director of Legal Policy at the Copyright Alliance, interviews Jon Garon, Professor of Law, Director of the NKU Chase Law & Informatics Institute while attending the NKU Success Strategies for the Professional Arts in the Digital Age event.

Photographer, Chad Kleitsch, explains how a strong copyright law allows artists to focus on creating work instead of policing the theft of their work.

Dead Kennedys guitarist, East Bay Ray, makes the distinction between sharing music with friends and sharing online with billions of people.

The average cost to litigate a small copyright infringement lawsuit can easily hit hundreds of thousands of dollars, making it impractical for most independent creators and small businesses to protect their work.

In this, part 3 of a 3 part series, Terry Hart, from Copyright Alliance, interviews Jacquelyn Charlesworth, US Copyright Office about its new report on Copyright Small Claims.

The average cost to litigate a small copyright infringement lawsuit can easily hit hundreds of thousands of dollars, making it impractical for most independent creators and small businesses to protect their work.

In this, part 2 of a 3 part series, Terry Hart, from Copyright Alliance, interviews Jacquelyn Charlesworth, US Copyright Office about its new report on Copyright Small Claims.

The average cost to litigate a small copyright infringement lawsuit can easily hit hundreds of thousands of dollars, making it impractical for most independent creators and small businesses to protect their work.

In this, part 1 of a 3 part series, Terry Hart, from Copyright Alliance, interviews Jacquelyn Charlesworth, US Copyright Office about its new report on Copyright Small Claims.

NetNames released a report entitled Sizing the piracy universe, which reveals substantial evidence that piracy of entertainment media increased substantially over a 15-month period of study. The author of that report is Dr. David Price, Director of Piracy and Counterfeit Analysis at NetNames. Dr. Price was kind enough to take about an hour of his time for a conversation via Skype. We discussed the report itself, of course, but also other issues related to piracy and digital distribution opportunities and threats as well as a broader discussion as to why people might want to pay attention to this issue.

NetNames released a report entitled Sizing the piracy universe, which reveals substantial evidence that piracy of entertainment media increased substantially over a 15-month period of study. The author of that report is Dr. David Price, Director of Piracy and Counterfeit Analysis at NetNames. Dr. Price was kind enough to take about an hour of his time for a conversation via Skype. We discussed the report itself, of course, but also other issues related to piracy and digital distribution opportunities and threats as well as a broader discussion as to why people might want to pay attention to this issue. This is Part I of our discussion. Listen to Part 2 next.

Rick Carnes, President of the Songwriters Guild of America, describes how piracy can threaten creativity in music.

Eric Hilton, one half of the DC-based, internationally acclaimed Thievery Corporation, and Phil Hawken, his business partner at ESL Music, talked to us about how they built their business supporting artists, and what they see as a difficult future for promising young musicians.