Michael Mandel, PPI’s Chief Economist, was interviewed by Dan Weissmann of Marketplace Business to help unwrap Ghetty’s decision to offer 35 million of its protected images to the public for free. Mandel explained why the status quo wasn’t working:
If you have content that gets used by somebody else, and it gets used for free, then your only option is to sue them, and that’s a really terrible option.”
You can listen to the interview on Marketplace’s website here.
