Price discrimination and copyright law: Evidence from the introduction of DVDs

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This paper examines the welfare effects of intellectual property protection, accounting for firms' optimal responses to legal environments. I examine firms' use of indirect price discrimination in response to U.S. copyright law preventing direct price discrimination. Using data covering VHS and DVD movie distribution, I explain studios' optimal pricing strategies under U.S. copyright law, and determine optimal pricing strategies under E.U. copyright law, which allows for direct price discrimination. I find that studios' use of indirect price discrimination benefits consumers and harms retailers. Optimal pricing under E.U. copyright law further benefits studios and consumers. I also reanalyze these issues assuming continued DVD adoption.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: CSIO Working Paper ; No. 0052

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Mortimer, Julie Holland
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Northwestern University, Center for the Study of Industrial Organization (CSIO)
• (wo): Evanston, IL
• (wann): 2004

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/38683
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ