Digital Rights Management and the Pricing of Digital Products

Yooki Park () and Suzanne Scotchmer ()
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Yooki Park: University of California, Berkeley
Suzanne Scotchmer: University of California, Berkeley

No 04-09, Working Papers from NET Institute

Abstract: Digital products such as movies, music and computer software are protected both by self-help measures such as encryption and copy controls, and by the legal right to prevent copying. We explore how digital rights management and other technical protections a®ect the pricing of content, and consequently, why content users, content vendors, and antitrust authorities might have di®erent views on what technical capabilities should be deployed. We discuss the potential for \collusion through technology."

Keywords: technical protections; DRM; antitrust; trusted systems (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: K21 L13 L14 L15 O33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 30 pages
Date: 2004-09-30, Revised 2004-10
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Working Paper: Digital Rights Management and the Pricing of Digital Products (2005)
Working Paper: Digital Rights Management and the Pricing of Digital Products (2005)
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