How to best ensure remuneration for creators in the market for music? Copyright and its alternatives

Journal of Economic Surveys

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 513-545

  Liebowitz, Stan J ^a   Watt, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Copying; Copyright; DRM; Intellectual property; Music; Sound recordings

Indexed keywords

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS; INTERNET; MARKET; MUSIC;

EID: 33748105253     PISSN: 09500804     EISSN: 14676419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6419.2006.00259.x     Document Type: Article

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