The Logic of International Intellectual Property Protection
by Randolph J. May and Seth L. Cooper • Free State Foundation Securing protection of American intellectual property (IP) rights internationally is an economic imperative. It…
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Voluntary initiative to stop ad-supported piracy
The winners: consumers, content providers, and advertisers The losers: pirates, malware, viruses, and thieves The internet has been a huge engine for commerce. You can go online to by just…
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Intellectual Property Rights are Important to Everyone
Or, at least, they SHOULD be! Frontiers of Freedom has long been a leader in protecting property rights. Our Constitution provided for property rights for physical property and for intellectual…
WhereToWatch.com — how to find your favorite movies and shows
Frontiers of Freedom is a strong supporter of property rights (including intellectual property rights). Property rights encourage individuals and businesses to innovate and invest in new ideas and technologies. We…
Cyberlockers: a business model based on selling stolen property
by George Landrith A recent study conducted by NetNames found that in one month alone more than 430 million unique Internet users sought or downloaded copyright infringing music, movies, book,…
Intellectual property and economic prosperity: Friends or foes?
by Mark Schultz & Adam Mossoff • TechPolicyDaily.com A handful of increasingly noisy critics of intellectual property (IP) have emerged within free market organizations. Both the…
The Expendables 3 Leak and the Financial Impact of Pre-Release Piracy
by Michael D. Smith This past week a DVD-quality copy of the movie The Expendables 3 leaked online three weeks before its planned U.S. theatrical release. According to Variety, the…
Why impose a 1908 “First Sale” Rule on a Modern and Evolving Internet-based Marketplace?
“Copyright law has historically protected the right of the creator to exclusively distribute their work. This is important because it gives creators the ability to profit from their creation which…
The Copyright Alert System is Working
George Landrith, President of Frontiers of Freedom, made the following statement on May 28, 2014 about the Copyright Alert System: “The Copyright Alert System (CAS) is a voluntary initiative between…
Why Intellectual Property Rights Matter — a Case Study
And why individual creators of content are now having such a difficult time protecting their work-product. This video of recording artist Maria Schneider testifying before Congress explaining how difficult it…
Internet piracy sites are stealing copyrighted content and ad revenue
by George Landrith Internet piracy has become a big business. It has also become more sophisticated in the way it steals. Rather than selling the music and movies of others,…
Pirates on the High (Internet) Seas
The booty intellectual property pirates can steal is enormous. by Peter Roff Intellectual property pirates operating in the open waters of cyberspace managed to pull down more than $250 million…
Intellectual Property Rights and Regulation of Technology
by George Landrith One of the most important parts of the Constitution is one of the least recognized. While American’s appreciate the importance of free speech and free elections, few…
The Internet Is Not the Wild West
by Peter Roff In late July, the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on the Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet held a hearing to examine the role played by copyright law…
The Cornerstone of American Liberty
by George Landrith The Constitution was adopted on September 17, 1787 — more than 225 years ago. That is long enough ago that it is easy to take for…