Koleman Strumpf's Media mentions

If you find a stale link, please let me know and I can send you a cached copy of the article. Also many of the articles seem to require Internet Explorer for proper viewing.

File Sharing:
- Major Media
  - Wall Street Journal. "Curse of the Greedy Copyright Holders " (9 July 2010).
  - ABAJournal. "The Record Business Blues" (June 2010).
  - Billboard.biz. "Researchers Change Tune, Now Say P2P Has Negative Impact" (22 June 2010).
  - Le Monde (translation). "Le piratage fera-t-il 1,2 million de chômeurs en Europe en 2015 ?" (19 March 2010).
  - Billboard.biz "Harvard Paper on P2P Flawed But Worth Reading " (19 June 2009).
  - New York Times (ReadWriteWeb). "Study: Piracy Does Not Deter the Production of Music, Films, Books" (17 June 2009).
  - Spin Magazine "Hitting the Jackpot" (April 2008). This article is about business models for digital downloads.
  - The Atlantic Monthly "Primary Sources" (September 2007).
  - Billboard. "Fuzzy Math" (1 July 2006).
  - WUNC-TV. UNC Symposium on Intellectual Property, Creativity and the Innovation Process. Video file (real audio). Yep that is Roger McGuinn from the Byrds! (March 2006).
  - New York Times. "Does a Free Download Equal a Lost Sale?" (21 November 2004).
  - Wall Street Journal. "Film Industry Vows Crackdown on Online Movie Thieves" (5 November 2004).
  - ABC Nightline. Video file (real audio). (24 September 2004).
  - Communications of the ACM (Association for Computing Machinery). "The many colors of multimedia security" (December 2004: volume 47, 25-29).
  - Macleans. "Plying the Pirates" (19 July 2004).
  - Washington Post. "License to Steal?" (27 June 2004).
  - US Senate Committe on Commerce, Science & Transportation. Research cited in testimony (23 June 2004).
  - New York Times (Op-Ed). "Share the Music" (25 June 2004).
  - Wired. "Streaming Media" (June 2004).
  - USA Today. "Online music plunges into mainstream" (17 May 2004).
  - Washington Post. "Musicians Score a Date With Lobbyists" (6 May 2004).
  - ABC World News Tonight. Video file (26 April 2004).
  - New York Times (Op-Ed). "The Recording Industry Soldiers On Against Illegal Downloading" (17 April 2004).
  - Variety. "EU offloads downloads in weighing merger" (15 April 2004).
  - CNBC (Kudlow and Cramer). Transcript of TV interview (8 April 2004).
  - BBC News. "Music sales decline again in 2003" (7 April 2004).
  - PC Magazine. "Congress Targets Digital Pirates" (6 April 2004).
  - Financial Times. "Downloads may even speed up album sales" (6 April 2004).
  - Technology Review. "Don’t Blame Downloads for Sagging CD Sales" (5 April 2004).
  - Rolling Stone. "File-Sharing Getting Bad Rap?" (5 April 2004).
  - New York Times. "A Heretical View of File Sharing." (5 April 2004).
  - Christian Science Monitor. "New haven for free music: Canada" (2 April 2004).
  - Chicago Tribune. "Study has upbeat news about illegal downloads" (2 April 2004).
  - Los Angeles Times. "File Sharing Ruled Legal in Canada" (1 April 2004).
  - International Herald Tribune. "Study finds downloads don't hurt music sales" (1 April 2004).
  - Boston Globe. "Study: File downloads don't affect sales of CDs" (31 March 2004).
  - USA Today. "Charges of song swapping go global" (30 March 2004).
  - MTV. "Don't Blame File-Sharing For Slumping CD Sales, Study Says" (30 March 2004).
  - Wired. "Maybe the Music's Just Lousy?" (30 March 2004).
  - Washington Post. "Study: File-Sharing No Threat to Music Sales" (29 March 2004).
  - HBS press release. (27 March 2004).
- Metanews, Blogs, Internet News
  - Yglesias. "File Sharing, Copyright, and Production" (22 June 2010).
  - ars technica. "File-sharing has weakened copyright--and helped society" (21 June 2010).
  - Tech Dirt. "Updated Research Showing, Yet Again, That Weaker Copyright Has Benefited Culture And Society" (21 June 2010).
  - Tech Dirt. "Response To The White House's Request For Feedback On IP Enforcement" (24 March 2010).
  - Slashdot. "Harvard Study Says Weak Copyright Benefits Society" (18 June 2009).
  - ars technica. "Researchers conclude piracy not stifling content creation" (18 June 2009).
  - Tech Dirt. "Yet Another Study Shows That Weaker Copyright Benefits Everyone" (17 June 2009).
  - Google. Sample of stories. Additional links: [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7] (20 April 2004).
  - Google. Sample of stories (10 April 2004).
  - Yahoo. Featured story on Yahoo home page (31 March 2004).
  - Slashdot. "Study: MP3 Sharing Not Serious Threat To CD Sales" -- thread on my research (30 March 2004).
  - Google. Sample of stories (30 March 2004).
  - CNet. "Music sharing doesn't kill CD sales, study says" (29 March 2004).
  - BoingBoing. A Directory of Wonderful Things (29 March 2004).
- Invited Lecture
  - Duke Law School, Center for the Study of the Public Domain. "The Effect of File Sharing on the Sale of Entertainment Products: The Case of Recorded Music and Movies." Video stream of lecture (real audio). (23 January 2006).
- Detailed and Early Articles
  - Independent Weekly. "Big-budget action download" (1 February 2006).
  - Guardian Unlimited (UK). "Listen to the flip side" (22 July 2004).
  - News & Observer. "Music industry in uproar over UNC research" (14 April 2004).
  - Independent Weekly. "The down low on downloads." (11 February 2004).
  - Endeavors overview of my research (Winter 2004). BTW, the "Carrboro, North Carolina, music club" which I am standing in front of is the awesome Cat's Cradle. Reprinted in the University Gazette (18 February 2004).
  - St. Petersburg Times editorial (25 July 2003).
- Audio Interviews
  - Bloomberg Radio. Long audio interview on wbbr (21 April 2004).
  - NPR. Kojo Nnamdi's Tech Tuesday, WAMU (20 April 2004).
  - Inside Digital Media (real audio -- may require Internet Explorer). "File Sharing Impact On CD Sales" (8 April 2004).
  - NPR (All Things Considered). "Study: Internet Hasn't Hurt CD Sales." (30 March 2004).
  - Inside Digital Media on-line interview (8 August 2003). Sorry, no longer available :(
- Record Industry Response
  - Reuters (Billboard). "RIAA Says Study Falls Short" (9 April 2004).
  - Arizona Republic. "Record industry pooh-poohs file-swap study" (2 April 2004).
  - RIAA. Recording Industry Association of America (30 March 2004).
  - IFPI. International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (30 March 2004).
- International
  - Le Monde, Norweigian edition (translation). Norway (30 October 2009).
  - EL PAÍS. Spain (28 August 2009).
  - América Economía. Chile (6 August 2009).
  - The Daily Telegraph. Sydney, Australia (15 October 2007).
  - The Jakarta Post. Indonesia (15 November 2005).
  - Bangkok Post. Thailand. Op-Ed (3 October 2005).
  - The Guardian. London, UK (27 July 2005).
  - The Guardian. London, UK (29 June 2005). Reprinted in Taipei Times (4 July 2005).
  - Taipei Times. Taiwan (26 July 2004).
  - The Guardian. London, UK (7 June 2004).
  - Melodick. France (April 2004).
  - Sydney Morning Herald. Australia (20 April 2004).
  - The Daily Telegraph. London, UK (10 April 2004).
  - Calgary Herald. Canada (10 April 2004).
  - IAfrica. South Africa (7 April 2004).
  - The Indian Express. India (6 April 2004).
  - Guardian Unlimited. UK (5 April 2004).
  - The Straits Times. Singapore (4 April 2004).
  - Liberation. France (3 April 2004).
  - The Toronto Sun. Canada (2 April 2004).
  - The Gazette. Montreal, Canada (1 April 2004).
  - The Independent. London, UK (31 March 2004).
  - Digital Media News for Europe. (31 March 2004).
  - NME. UK's Rolling Stone (31 March 2004).
  - The Register. UK (30 March 2004).
- Other
  - Forbes "There's No Fixing SOPA And PIPA; Time To Start Over" (25 Jan 2012)
  - RealClearPolitics "Copyright Enforcement Debate Misses Big Picture" (24 Jan 2012)
  - St. Louis Post Dispatch "Piracy fight pits new media against old, and new is winning" (22 Jan 2012)
  - Magix Magazine "Operation `In Our Sites' and why it matters" (12 August 2010).
  - Information Week "Economists List File Sharing's Benefits" (17 June 2009).
  - Fox 4 (KC TV) "Free Music Helps Propel Struggling Bands Into Spotlight" (30 April 2008). Video link in box in the middle of the page.
  - [Condé Nast] Portfolio. "The Pirates Can't Be Stopped" (February 2008).
  - Decatur Daily. "Digital downloads remaking music industry" (11 October 2007).
  - PC magazine. "The Price of Piracy" (10 October 2007).
  - The Tennessean. "Commentary" (6 April 2007).
  - The [Ontario] Record. "The CD vs. the Web" (15 February 2007).
  - Austin American-Statesman. "Download TKO" (8 February 2007).
  - Charlotte Observer. "Record company recalls CDs" (28 November 2005).
  - Charlotte Observer. "Rulings on cable lines, file sharing affect you" (28 June 2005).
  - Charlotte Observer. "How Music Sharing Works" (29 March 2005).
  - Law.com. "Top Attorneys Tapped for High Court Tech Cases" (28 March 2005).
  - LA Weekly. "3 Myths About the Recording Industry Debunked" (24-30 September 2004).
  - UPI/Washington Times (Op-Ed). "Commentary: Hill vs. Constitution and reality" (30 June 2004).
  - HBS Working Knowledge. "Music Downloads: Pirates--or Customers?" (21 June 2004).
  - Cato Institute Conference. "The Law and Economics of File Sharing and P2P Networks." Includes Real Audio streams of talks(17 June 2004).
  - Relix. "The Perfect Storm to the Recording Industry" (June 2004).
  - Alternet. "Filesharing Is Not the Enemy" (14 May 2004). Reprinted in Utne Magazine (20 May 2004).
  - Sarasota Herald Tribune (Op-Ed). "Online bogeyman? Study suggests record industry exaggerates threat" (20 April 2004).
  - Tampa Tribune. "Study Says File Sharers Not Hurting CD Sales" (19 April 2004).
  - New York Newsday (Op-Ed). "Piracy is not the problem" (11 April 2004).
  - San Jose Mercury News (AP). "U.S. music sales turnaround continued in first quarter of 2004" (10 April 2004).
  - Boston Herald. "Same old tune: Blame downloads" (8 April 2004).
  - Stereophile. "Canadian Judge: Downloads OK" (5 April 2004).
  - UPI. "Paying music downloaders triple" (31 March 2004).
  - San Francisco Chronicle. "DAILY DIGEST: Internet not to blame for slow music sales" (30 March 2004).
  - New Scientist. "Net music piracy 'does not harm record sales'" (30 March 2004).
- Funny
  - The Nation (Thailand). "Consumers’ rights versus corporations’ illusions" (20 September 2004).
  - Cleveland Scene. "Harvard's Got Game" (14 April 2004).
  - Knight-Ridder Newspapers. "Math professors' study of music downloads doesn't add up" (9 April 2004).
  - Brian's Culture Blog. "Mad Professors" (5 April 2004).
  - Harry Shearer's Le Show. Real audio file (4 April 2004).
Political and Corporate futures markets:
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (17 January 2012).
- Boston Globe op-ed (30 Dec 2011). Reprinted in Philadelphia Inquirer (3 January 2012).
- Politico (19 December 2011).
- Huffington Post (28 October 2010).
- Handelsblatt (Germany) (translation). (5 November 2009).
- CNET (4 November 2008).
- Blogs:
  - Freakonomics (3 November 2008).
  - Huffington Post (3 November 2008).
  - Huffington Post (2 November 2008).
- Wall Street Journal (MarketWatch) (3 November 2008).
- Wall Street Journal (MarketWatch) (2 November 2008).
- Bloomberg (1 November 2008).
- Slate (26 September 2008).
- Business Week (26 June 2008).
- Harvard Political Review (Spring 2008).
- Fox 4 (KC TV) (21 April 2008). video link in box in the middle of the page.
- CNN transcript and video (16 February 2008).
- Wall Street Journal (9 January 2008).
- Slate (7 July 2007).
- Financial Times (29 June 2007).
- Crain's Pensions & Investments (25 June 2007).
- NY Daily News (27 May 2007).
- Wall Street Journal (20 October 2006). See "A study by economists at the University of North Carolina."
- Investors Business Daily (19 September 2006).
- CNNMoney.com (Business 2.0 Magazine) (13 September 2006).
- San Antonio Express-News (4 September 2006). This is on hurricane futures.
- Baltimore Daily Record (25 August 2006).
- Boston Herald (29 December 2005).
- CNET/ZDNet (3 November 2004).
- Wall Street Journal (2 November 2004).
- NY Sun (2 November 2004).
- Independent On Sunday (London) (31 October 2004).
- The Economist (30 October 2004).
- Rocky Mountain News (30 October 2004). Reprinted in Capitol Hill Blue (31 October 2004).
- Los Angeles Times (29 October 2004). Reprinted in the Boston Globe (31 October 2004), Seattle Times (30 October 2004), Arizona Republic (29 October 2004).
- NPR (Marketplace, Morning Report)-- real audio format (28 October 2004). Text overview of story.
- CNN (28 October 2004). Transcript only (look for "Coleman Strumph").
- The Journal News (27 October 2004).
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (26 October 2004). Circulated on Scripps Howard News Service.
- Reuters (20 October 2004). Appeared in Houston Chronicle (20 October 2004), Indian Express (India) (21 October 2004).
- National Business Review (NZ) (19 October 2004).
- National Review (8 October 2004).
- MSNBC (10 September 2004).
- Bloomberg (31 August 2004).
- Science (Vol 305, Issue 5684, 603, 30 July 2004).
- Science Now (on-line cousin of Science) (27 July 2004).
- Science News (18 October 2003).
Sports gambling:
- GamblingCompliance (30 March 2011).
- GamblingCompliance (9 November 2009).
- Delaware News Journal (26 July 2009).
- Financial Times (24 July 2006).
- Durham Herald Sun (18 March 2006).
- Hartford Courant (15 March 2006).
- Newsfactor Magazine (23 February 2006).
- The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer (28 August 2005).
- Charlotte Observer (16 May 2005).
- Scranton Times Tribune (28 December 2004).
- Wall Street Journal (9 December 2004).
- Yahoo Financial News (15 September 2004). BETonSPORTS plc National Public Policy Initiative.
- News & Observer (7 July 2004). Internet wagering (poker). Reprinted in Albuquerque Tribune (18 August 2004), Sun Herald (2 September 2004).
- Las Vegas Review-Journal (19 June 2004). Internet wagering.
- Philadelphia Inquirer (12 April 2004).
- MSNBC (1 April 2004). Internet wagering (WTO ruling).
- National Journal (1 November 2003). Bookies in DC.
- Op-ed on internet wagering.
  - Chicago Sun-Times (28 February 2004).
  - Desert Dispatch (20 February 2004).
  - Fox News (10 February 2004).
  - CBS market watch (23 January 2004).
  - Cato techknowledge op-ed (23 January 2004).
- Superbowl betting.
  - Chicago Sun-Times (1 February 2004).
  - Denver Post (30 January 2004).
  - Charlotte Observer (23 January 2004).
  - NBC-17 tv story (video, real audio format) on superbowl betting. There is also an accompanying article (20 January 2004).
  - WHYY (Philadelphia NPR) Radio Times interview (real audio format) on superbowl betting. I apologize for the horrible fight song at the beginning, though on the bright side a Massive Attack song is played right before my intro (16 January 2004).
- C-Span interview (25 October 2003). I discuss U.S. policy on internet sports gambling and field phone calls from around the world in this 45 minute segment. The segment is available as streaming video or a transcript.
- Cato conference: On-line gambling (23 October 2003). Featured speaker was Congressman Barney Frank (D-Mass). The whole conference can be streamed (video, real audio format).
- University Gazette article (18 February 2004)
- News and Observer article (7 July 2003)
- AP story (7 July 2003)
- UNC press release (17 June 2003)
- WCHO, WCHL radio interviews: no stream available (7 July 2003, 22 August 2003)
Smoking:
Business Week article (4 September 2000) which discusses my paper with Donna Gilleskie on teen smoking.
Wage taxes:
- Philadelphia Inquirer invited Op-Ed (20 June 2000)
- Philadelphia Inquirer article (11 June 2000) where I am quoted.
- Pittsburgh's KDKA radio interview. They do not simulcast over the web so I never heard it :(.