Tougher Copyright Laws Bad for Business?
So suggests a recent report from the Committe for Economic Development, summarized in this NYT article. I haven't had a chance to read the report itself, yet, though (one more thing in the to read queue!)

The entertainment industry's pursuit of tough new laws to protect copyrighted materials from online piracy is bad for business and for the economy, according to a report being released today by the Committee for Economic Development, a Washington policy group that has its roots in the business world.

Record companies and movie and television studios have fought copyright infringement on many fronts, hoping to find ways to prevent their products from being distributed free on the Internet. But critics warn that many of the new restrictions that the entertainment industry proposes - like enforcing technological requirements for digital television programming that would prevent it from being transmitted online - would upset the balance between the rights of the content creators and the rights of the public.

NYT article: Report raises questions about fighting online piracy (via mediareform.net) PDF of the full report