Versioning of information goods under the threat of piracy

Information Economics and Policy

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 332-340

  Cho, Won Young ^a   Ahn, Byong Hun ^b  

^a Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT)   (South Korea)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Copyright protection; D42; Information goods; K42; L15; L86; Piracy; Versioning; Vertical differentiation

Indexed keywords

COPYRIGHT PROTECTIONS; D42; INFORMATION GOODS; K42; L15; L86; PIRACY; VERSIONING; VERTICAL DIFFERENTIATION;

COPYRIGHTS;

CRIME;

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS; PIRACY; POLICY MAKING; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EID: 78649692444     PISSN: 01676245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infoecopol.2010.07.001     Document Type: Article

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