The Inside Word is a weekly feature that looks at compelling industry debates and discussions unfolding on the blogs of employees at digital-media companies.
Blogger: William Patry
Position: Senior copyright counsel, Google
Blog name: Moral Panics and the Copyright Wars
Backstory: Patry has practiced copyright law for more than 25 years, and is the author of several books, including a seven-volume, 5,500-plus-page treatise on copyright law. He started the blog to expand on his recent book by the same title.
Blog post: Patry argues that copyright owners spend too much time thinking and talking about how to protect the copyright and not enough about making the underlying product enticing. “Copyright owners should want consumers to think only about how great their products are and where they can buy them: what consumer buys something because it

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