Fighting software piracy: which IPRs laws (treaties) matter in Africa?

Arbeitspapier

With the proliferation of technology used to prate software, this paper answers some key questions in policy decision making. Dynamic panel Generalized Methods of Moments and Two Stage Least Squares are employed. IPRs laws (treaties) are instrumented with government quality dynamics to assess their incidence on software piracy. The following findings are established. (1) Government institutions are crucial in enforcing IPRs laws (treaties) in the fight against software piracy. (2) Main IP laws enacted by the legislature and Multilateral IP laws are most effective in combating piracy. (3) IPRs laws, WIPO Treaties and Bilateral Treaties do not have significant negative incidences on software piracy. Policy implications are discussed.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: AGDI Working Paper ; No. WP/12/018

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; International Policy Coordination and Transmission ; Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law ; Intellectual Property and Intellectual Capital ; Technological Change: Government Policy ; Comparative Studies of Countries
• Subject: Software piracy ; Intellectual property rights ; Instrumental variables

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Asongu, Simplice A.
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI)
• (where): Yaoundé
• (when): 2012

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/123551
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