Interstellar Blasts Out of the Hollywood Distribution Mold
The recent Christopher Nolan blockbuster Interstellar is grabbing headlines all over the internet for its scientific innovation and uniqueness within Hollywood. This post isn’t a review of...
View ArticleT-Swift and Spotify are Never Ever Ever Getting Back Together (?)
This comes as a little late, but since I am the occasional fan of T-Swift (much to the chagrin of my girlfriend; haters gonna hate…) and an enormous fan of Spotify, I feel the need to comment....
View ArticleHidden Assumptions of Public Goods and Information
nike air jordan fusion This is another post on public goods inspired in part by Santiago’s previous post on the under provision of entrepreneurship as a public good argument. I admit that this post...
View ArticleThis Month in IP Insanity
Partially because it’s too difficult to keep up with complete and snarky commentary every time there is a development or anecdote of intellectual property’s use and abuse, and partially because it...
View ArticlePatronage as a Mechanism for Socialism?
It has become quite clear to me in my research that most expressive works (art, literature, music, film, science, etc) always have been, and probably always will be, funded by patronage. The key...
View ArticleThis Month in IP Insanity (January 2015)
In keeping with my new monthly feature, here is this past month’s IP news: oakley script sunglasses We know Tom Petty won’t back down. He just won a lawsuit against Sam Smith for infringing Petty’s...
View ArticleMusic Copyright’s Biggest Winners Want You to Pay More Money
Many of the music industry’s biggest stars gathered today for a unique press conference to promote Tidal, a new hi-fidelity streaming music service. On stage, an ensemble cast of promoters — Jay-Z,...
View ArticleThis Month in IP Insanity (April 2015)
Now that the academic year is slowing down, I can start to account for all of the developments in IP law and technology again. Here are a handful of events and discussion points for the past month:...
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