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IPR Protection in the High-Tech Industries: A Model of Piracy

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Thierry Rayna ()

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This article investigates the relation between the level of publicness of digital goods – i.e. their degree of non-excludability and non-rivalness – and the pirating behaviour of the consumers. The main focus is put on the difference between the ex-ante level of publicness – determined by the anti-piracy strategies of the firms – and the ex-post level of publicness – which is a consequence of external factors such as the consumers network structure, the consumers sharing behaviour, etc. The two models developed in the article detail the required conditions for anti-piracy strategies to be successful and show the influence of the economic environment on these conditions.

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Paper provided by Department of Economics, University of Bristol, UK in its series Bristol Economics Discussion Papers with number 06/593.

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Date of creation: Nov 2006
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Handle: RePEc:bri:uobdis:06/593

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Keywords: Digital goods; Piracy; Public goods; Free-riding; Intellectual Property Rights;

Find related papers by JEL classification:
D11 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Economics: Theory
C72 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Noncooperative Games
L82 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Entertainment; Media
L86 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Information and Internet Services; Computer Software
O34 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Technological Change - - - Intellectual Property Rights

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