Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/311870 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Citation: 
[Journal:] Review of Industrial Organization [ISSN:] 1573-7160 [Volume:] 61 [Issue:] 1 [Publisher:] Springer US [Place:] New York, NY [Year:] 2022 [Pages:] 73-94
Publisher: 
Springer US, New York, NY
Abstract: 
This paper scrutinizes the effects of the European Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market on platform competition. Platforms that are online content-sharing service providers must have a license agreement with collective management organizations that control the content platform that users may – or must not – upload to the platform. The paper shows that the new directive may imply market concentration and an aggregate welfare loss. The reason is that only users of the large platform (in a dual platform setting) will be allowed to upload content if the content assets are sufficiently valuable and if network effects are strong.
Subjects: 
Copyright protection
IPRs
Content platforms
Digital services
JEL: 
D43
F12
L86
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Document Type: 
Article
Document Version: 
Published Version

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