Fighting software piracy in Africa: how do legal origins and IPRs protection channels matter?

Simplice Asongu

MPRA Paper from University Library of Munich, Germany

Abstract: In the current efforts towards harmonizing IPRs regimes in the African continent, this paper provides answers to four key questions relevant in the policy decision making processes. After empirically examining the questions, the following findings are established. (1) In comparison to common law countries, civil law countries inherently have a significant autonomous rate of piracy; consistent with the ‘law and property rights’ theory. (2) But for IPRs laws, the other IP protection channels (WIPO treaties, Main IP law and Multilateral treaties) reduce the incidence of piracy. (3) In both short-run and long-term, IPRs protection channels in civil law countries appear to mitigate piracy more than in common law countries. (4) Formal institutions are instrumental in the fight against piracy through IPRs protection channels.

Keywords: Software piracy; Intellectual property rights; Panel data; Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F42 K42 O34 O38 O57 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012-07-17
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-afr, nep-ipr, nep-pr~ and nep-iue
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Journal Article: Fighting Software Piracy in Africa: How Do Legal Origins and IPRs Protection Channels Matter? (2015)
Working Paper: Fighting software piracy in Africa: how do legal origins and IPRs protection channels matter? (2012)
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