Competitive Market Value of Copyright in Music: A Digital Gordian Knot

Marcel Boyer

Canadian Public Policy, 2018, vol. 44, issue 4, 411-422

Abstract: Pricing copyrighted works or assets so that creators are competitively compensated has always been a difficult task given the information good character of such works. Doing it in the digital era is even more challenging. I consider Hertzian radio, satellite radio, and interactive music streaming services, and I argue that annual competitive royalties in Hertzian radio should be increased from $100 million to $450 million. I further argue that this gap should not be filled by primary users alone but by a broader set of beneficiaries, including the general public and the government.

Keywords: copyrights; Hertzian radio; SiriusXM; music streaming services; Pandora; Spotify (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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