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Columbia Journalism Review content tagged piracy

1. November 6, 2012 06:50 AM

   Audit Notes: digital ads, margins of error, freehadists

   French publishing's online revenues make the Americans look good

   By Ryan Chittum

   This New York Times story is nice on the coming attempt in Europe to get Google to pay content providers for selling ads against their headlines. But this stat from the head of France's newspaper and magazine association caught my eye (emphasis mine) : In countries like Germany, France and Italy, where news sites’ online audiences are more limited by...

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2. January 23, 2012 07:58 PM

   Audit Notes: Kim Dotcom and SOPA, Private Equity, Swipe Fees

   By Ryan Chittum

   The Kim Dotcom story is fascinating, and not just because the FBI had to get dozens of cops in New Zealand, backed by choppers, to cut the 6'7, 300 pounder out of a saferoom he'd holed up in inside the $30 million mansion he leased with the tens of millions he made off piracy with his website Megaupload. But it's...

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3. March 4, 2011 02:06 PM

   Why Some People Steal Content

   Outside U.S., digital piracy not just easy, but often necessary

   By Justin D. Martin

   PHILADELPHIA—Before a business trip to the U.S., I wanted a copy of the film Veronica Guerin, a journalistic biopic starring Cate Blanchett, to show my journalism students in my stead. My university library did not carry the film, so I turned to Amazon.com for a digital copy. None available. Netflix, which won’t stream content in most places outside the U.S.,...

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