The Free & The Unfree

Link: One of my favorite reads each month is Wired magazine. Each issue includes a usually brief section called “Infoporn,” which is sort of like the USA Today graph on steroids. Infoporn always presents data on a subject interesting to technophiles, and presents it in a way that is both revealing and visually interesting.

This month’s issue includes an expanded Infoporn section that presents very interesting IP-related data, comparing countries and geographic regions on various IP-related issues. The section opens with a color-coded map of the world labelling countries as either leaning toward control of IP or toward piracy of IP. The data are not suprising, but the map format is fascinating.