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For info: Damian You are receiving this email because you are a past participant in LSE media policy events or have previously stated your interest. You may unsubscribe by clicking here <http://lse.us2.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=8c315702f22b9102f36a38d5e& id=b7fcaf4acb&e=abd68c36cc&c=3137f65344> . Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser <http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=8c315702f22b9102f36a38d5e&id=3137f6 5344&e=abd68c36cc> . LSE Media Policy Project <http://lse.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=8c315702f22b9102f36a38d5e &id=f52333fe46&e=abd68c36cc> LSE experts question music industry claims on file-sharing Two days before the opening of a Judicial Review on the Digital Economy Act (DEA), new reports from the London School of Economics and Political Science cast doubt on the proportionality and likely effectiveness of measures to protect intellectual property, due to be implemented by the DEA. The first of these, called 'Creative Destruction and Copyright Protection' by Bart Cammaerts and Bingchun Meng (London School of Economics), has been commissioned by the LSE Media Policy Project. View the full announcement and report here. <http://lse.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=8c315702f22b9102f36a38d5e &id=289ecbfceb&e=abd68c36cc> The LSE Media Policy Project research finds that: * The DEA gets the balance between copyright enforcement and innovation wrong. The use of peer-to-peer technology should be encouraged to promote innovative applications. Focusing on efforts to suppress the use of technological advances and to protect out-of-date business models will stifle innovation in this industry. * Providing user-friendly, hassle-free solutions to enable users to download music legally at a reasonable price, is a much more effective strategy for enforcing copyright than a heavy-handed legislative and regulatory regime. * Decline in the sales of physical copies of recorded music cannot be attributed solely to file-sharing, but should be explained by a combination of factors such as changing patterns in music consumption, decreasing disposable household incomes for leisure products and increasing sales of digital content through online platforms. According to report author, Bart Cammaerts: "The music industry and artists should innovate and actively reconnect with their sharing fans rather than treat them as criminals. They should acknowledge that there are also other reasons for its relative decline beyond the sharing of copyright protected content, not in the least the rising costs of live performances and other leisure services to the detriment of leisure goods. Alternative sources of income generation for artists should be considered more in detail instead of opting for actively monitoring the online behaviour of all UK citizens." LSE expert Bingchun Meng argues that "the DEA has given too much consideration to the interests of copyright holders, while ignoring other stakeholders such as users, ISPs, and new players in the creative industry. I hope the Judicial Review will make the government reconsider its approach toward file-sharing." Continue reading for more information and the full report. <http://lse.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8c315702f22b9102f36a38d5e& id=854c16bc2c&e=abd68c36cc> <http://lse.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8c315702f22b9102f36a38d5e& id=7d6d78cdef&e=abd68c36cc> Measuring media plurality The Media Policy Project recently hosted leading academics and practitioners for a discussion involving the challenges of measuring media plurality on the eve of a decision by the DMCS concerning News Corp's takeover of bSkyB. Read about the event and discussions here. <http://lse.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8c315702f22b9102f36a38d5e& id=b428fb7573&e=abd68c36cc> <http://gallery.mailchimp.com/8c315702f22b9102f36a38d5e/images/lsenab.jp g> Media literacy expert meeting The LSE media policy project is planning an expert workshop, to take place on 12 April on the topic of Media Literacy. As changing media demand ever greater competency of users, the workshop will give a frank assessment of the current capabilities of adults and children in the UK. 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