Oliver Reichenstein of IA makes an astute case for a "Business Class for News," which, as a long-time happy subscriber to Ars Technica's Premium Service, I think has much greater potential to be a viable business model for publishers than does a traditional paywall.
Cory Doctorow in the Guardian has a great, quick write-up of the recently-released "Media Piracy in Emerging Economies" report:
"This weighty, 440-page report took thirty-five researchers three years to produce, and it is a careful, thoroughly documented rebuttal of practically everything you've ever heard or read about copyright infringement in the ...