Piracy in a two-sided software market

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This paper studies the impact of software piracy in a two-sidedmarket setting. Software platforms attract developers and users to maximize their profits. The equilibrium price structure is affected by piracy: license fees to developers are higher with more software protection but the impact on user prices is ambiguous. A conflict between platforms and software developers over software protection may arise: whereas one side benefits from better protection, the other party loses out. Under platform compatibility, this conflict is no longer present.

Object Details

• ISBN: 978-3-86304-084-0
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: DICE Discussion Paper ; No. 85

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Production, Pricing, and Market Structure; Size Distribution of Firms ; Information and Internet Services; Computer Software
• Subject: developer ; piracy ; platform ; software ; two-sided markets

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Rasch, Alexander ; Wenzel, Tobias
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE)
• (where): Düsseldorf
• (when): 2013

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/70093
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET