Digital piracy: Theory

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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.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 3222

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Production, Pricing, and Market Structure; Size Distribution of Firms ; Entertainment; Media ; Information and Internet Services; Computer Software
• Subject: information good ; piracy ; copyright ; IP protection ; internet ; peer-to-peer ; software ; music ; Digitale Güter ; Internet ; Virtuelle Gemeinschaft ; Tausch ; Computerkriminalität ; Kriminalitätsökonomik ; Urheberrecht ; Immaterialgüterrechte ; Softwareindustrie ; Musikwirtschaft ; Geschäftsmodell ; Theorie

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Belleflamme, Paul ; Peitz, Martin
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
• (where): Munich
• (when): 2010

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/46520
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET