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| Title: | | Digital piracy: Theory  |
| Authors: | | Belleflamme, Paul Peitz, Martin |
| Issue Date: | | 2010 |
| Series/Report no.: | | CESifo working paper: Industrial Organisation 3222 |
| Abstract: | | This article reviews recent theoretical contributions on digital piracy. It starts by elaborating on the reasons for intellectual property protection, by reporting a few facts about copyright protection, and by examining reasons to become a digital pirate. Next, it provides an exploration of the consequences of digital piracy, using a base model and several extensions (with consumer sampling, network effects, and indirect appropriation). A closer look at market-structure implications of end-user piracy is then taken. After a brief review of commercial piracy, additional legal and private responses to end-user piracy are considered. Finally, a quick look at emerging new business models is taken. |
| Subjects: | | information good piracy copyright IP protection internet peer-to-peer software music |
| JEL: | | L11 L82 L86 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | CESifo Working Papers, CESifo Group Munich
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