Piracy of digital products: A critical review of the theoretical literature

Information Economics and Policy

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 449-476

  Peitz, Martin ^a   Waelbroeck, Patrick ^b  

^a International University in Germany   (Germany)

^b TELECOM PARISTECH   (France)

Author keywords

Copyright; Information good; Internet; IP protection; Music; Peer to peer; Piracy; Software

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER CRIME; COPYRIGHTS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT EXCHANGE; INTERNET; NETWORK PROTOCOLS;

DIGITAL PRODUCTS; FILE-SHARING NETWORKS; INFORMATION GOOD;

COPYING;

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS; INTERNET; MUSIC; SOFTWARE;

EID: 33748968875     PISSN: 01676245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infoecopol.2006.06.005     Document Type: Article

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