Theory of deterrence and individual behavior. Can lawsuits control file sharing on the internet?

Review of Law and Economics

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Oksanen, Ville ^a   Välimäki, Mikko ^a  

^a HELSINKI INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

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