The Value of the EU Public Domain

Rufus Pollock (), Paul Stepan and Mikko Välimäki

Cambridge Working Papers in Economics from Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Copyright; Public Domain; Intellectual Property; Europe (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010-09-29
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