Digital piracy: theory
(2010)
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- 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.
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University of Mannheim Department of Economics
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Belleflamme, P., & Peitz, M. (2010). Digital piracy: theory (CORE Discussion Paper 2010/60). https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/78362