Re: Source for copyright statistics?

Back in 1995, there was something with the cornell law school that had a very rich database of stuff pertaining to copyright law. I was able to pull out some results on the number of copyright lawsuits, the types of plaintiffs, the likelihood of various judgments and the financial penalties assessed (in those days, as I recall , the average penalty was around $600,000). It was, as I recall, pretty easy to use.

A link to the former site can be found at http://www.law.cornell.edu/focus/statistics.html though the site itself seems to have moved sometime since 1995 (can you imagine that?)

Armed with the information at the referring page, however, and with google, one might be able to track down its new home. If someone finds it, I'd be interested as well.

David Dailey
At 06:30 PM 2/2/2007, you wrote:

>I am seeking a source for estimates of the number of copyright and related
>lawsuits filed in the United States. More specifically, I am interested in
>the number of lawsuits filed in the media and entertainment industries. (I
>am defining media very broadly to include artwork, music, film, television
>programming, books, and websites.)
>
>I am also seeking estimates that tally the number of people in the US who
>are producing media for profit (or at least with the hope of profit). Same
>broad definition of media.
>
>Thanks in advance for any helpful leads.
>
>Joy Butler
>Law Office of Joy R. Butler
>Website: <http://www.joybutler.com>http://www.joybutler.com
>
>
Received on Tue Feb 06 2007 - 00:45:00 GMT