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

Thierry Rayna

Bristol Economics Discussion Papers from School of Economics, University of Bristol, UK

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Digital goods; Piracy; Public goods; Free-riding; Intellectual Property Rights (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C72 D11 L82 L86 O34 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 59 pages
Date: 2006-11
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