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------- Forwarded message follows ------- Date sent: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 12:59:38 -0500 Send reply to: Law & Policy of Computer Communications <CYBERIA-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM> From: Aimee Farr <aimee.farr@POBOX.COM> Subject: Copyright piracy enforcement: econ paper To: CYBERIA-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM
Check out the last sentence of the abstract. *ponder*
~Aimee
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>From New Economics Papers:------------------------- Does Copyright Enforcement Encourage Piracy?
Rick Harbaugh (Claremont McKenna College) ; Rahul Khemka (Georgetown University)
Abstract: Copyright enforcement is often assumed to discourage illegal copying. We show that enforcement targeted at high-value buyers raises copyright holder profits but increases piracy relative to no enforcement. By giving the copyright holder a captive market, targeted enforcement causes the copyright holder to raise prices rather than compete with pirated versions, thereby encouraging piracy among low-value buyers. More extensive enforcement broadens the copyright holder's captive market, leading to lower prices and higher sales that can increase both profits and consumer surplus. The standard tradeoff between incentives to generate intellectual property and costs of monopoly power is therefore avoided. We conclude that either no enforcement or relatively extensive enforcement is the best policy against internet piracy.
Downloads: http://econ.claremontmckenna.edu/papers/2000-14.pdf (PDF)
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