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Problems with the Enforcement of Copyright Law: Is there a Social Norm Backlash?

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  • Ben Depoorter
  • Francesco Parisi
  • Sven Vanneste

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As a result of technological changes, copyright norms have developed in opposition to existing copyright law. In this article we examine how copyright enforcement efforts, mainly lawsuits against private copying, may induce further copyright disobedience by reinforcing the moral and social beliefs against conventional copyright law. In this paper we review recent theoretical and empirical studies and assess the hypothesis of countervailing copyright norm effects from copyright enforcement.

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  • Ben Depoorter & Francesco Parisi & Sven Vanneste, 2005. "Problems with the Enforcement of Copyright Law: Is there a Social Norm Backlash?," International Journal of the Economics of Business, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 12(3), pages 361-369.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ijecbs:v:12:y:2005:i:3:p:361-369
    DOI: 10.1080/13571510500300264
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