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The Value of the EU Public Domain

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  • Pollock, R.
  • Stepan, P.
  • Välimäki, M.

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This paper reports results from a large recent study of the public domain in the European Union. Based on a combination of catalogue, commercial and survey data we present detailed figures both on the prices (and price di erences) of in copyright and public domain material and on the usage of that material. Combined with the estimates for the size of the EU public domain presented in the companion paper Pollock and Stepan (2009) our results allow us to provide the first quantitative estimate for the `value' of the public domain (i.e. welfare gains from its existence) in any jurisdiction.

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  • Pollock, R. & Stepan, P. & Välimäki, M., 2010. "The Value of the EU Public Domain," Cambridge Working Papers in Economics 1047, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge.
    • Handle: RePEc:cam:camdae:1047
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    1. Rufus Pollock, 2008. "Innovation, Imitation and Open Source," EERI Research Paper Series EERI_RP_2008_20, Economics and Econometrics Research Institute (EERI), Brussels.
    2. Jeremy Watson & Megan MacGarvie & John McKeon, 2023. "It Was 50 Years Ago Today: Recording Copyright Term and the Supply of Music," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 69(1), pages 351-376, January.

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    Copyright; Public Domain; Intellectual Property; Europe;
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