The Economics of Copyright and the Internet: Moving to an Empirical Assessment Relevant in the Digital Age

Sacha Wunsch-Vincent

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Abstract: Technology and the Internet have triggered important changes to how creative works are created, accessed and how creators and copyright-based industries generate their revenues. In this chapter, the economics of copyright is re-assessed in the light of these changes. After providing an introduction to the economics of copyright, the article analyses the changes to the baseline copyright model triggered by the new technological landscape. Then, the article assesses the empirical economic work on copyright so far, and suggests future avenues of research and related data needs.

Keywords: economics; copyright; internet; empirical assessment; Digitization; marginal costs; authors; creator; market price; dynamic culture; creation; end user; supply; license; creative; rights; legal regime (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016-06
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