Cremer, H., & Pierre, P. (2009). Piracy prevention and the pricing of information goods. Information Economics and Policy, 21, 34-42.
This paper studies the effects of piracy on prices and welfare and determines the optimal enforcement policy. A monopolist sells an information good at a non-linear price in two versions designed for two types of consumers [...]
The two-day workshop, Mashing-up Culture: The Rise of User-generated Content, will take place at Uppsala University in Sweden on May 13th-14th, 2009.
The event will be the first organised by the European research project COUNTER which explores the socio-economic and cultural impacts of the consumption of counterfeit goods and will bring together COUNTER researchers with scholars and stakeholders to explore the current state and dilemmas surrounding copyright and the production, consumption and distribution of culture.
The preliminary programme – which is subject to change – is outlined [...]
An initial list of authors and presentations for the COUNTER workshop Mashing-up Culture: The Rise of User-generated Content has been announced. The two-day workshop, Mashing-up Culture: The Rise of User-generated Content, will take place at Uppsala University in Sweden on May 13th-14th, 2009.
A preliminary programme in now available.
The event will be the first organised by the European research project COUNTER which explores the socio-economic and cultural impacts of the consumption of counterfeit goods and will bring together COUNTER researchers with scholars and stakeholders to explore the current state and dilemmas surrounding copyright and the production, consumption and distribution of culture.
Presentations will [...]
Ding, C. G., & Liu, N.T. (2009). Productivity Changes of Asian Economies by Taking into Account Software Piracy. Economic Inquiry, 47, 135-145.
For the past two decades, the fast-developing Asia has emerged as one of the most important economic regions. However, its economic growth is accompanied with severe software piracy. This paper analyzes productivity changes of [...]
Chong, J. N. C. (2008). Sentencing Luxury: The Valuation Debate in Sentencing Traffickers of Counterfeit Luxury Goods. Fordham Law Review, 77, 1147-1181.
This Note examines the contentious debate that exists regarding the property valuation used by the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines with regard to counterfeiting. Currently, the Sentencing Guidelines employ “street value.” However, many scholars and organizations [...]
Higgins, G.E., Wolfe, S.E., & Ricketts, M.L. (2009). Digital Piracy: A Latent Class Analysis. Social Science Computer Review, 27, 24-40.
The rates of digital piracy appear to be increasing, suggesting that additional research that uses new approaches is necessary to evaluate the problem. Using data from undergraduate students (n = 353), the present study explores actual [...]