Copyright Protection in the Digital Single Market

This paper scrutinizes the effects of the European Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market on platform competition in media markets. Platforms that are Online Content-Sharing Service Providers must have a license agreement with collective management organizations that control the content platform users may (or must not) upload to the platform. The paper shows that the new directive may imply market concentration and an aggregate welfare loss. The reason is that only users of the large platform will be allowed to upload content if the content asset controlled by a collective management organization is sufficiently valuable and if network effects are strong.

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Year of publication:	2022
Authors:	Stähler, Frank ; Stähler, Leander
Publisher:	Munich : Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
Subject:	copyright protection \| IPRs \| content platforms \| trade in services \| digital services

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Series:	CESifo Working Paper ; 9597
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	1794807721 [GVK] hdl:10419/252114 [Handle] RePec:ces:ceswps:_9597 [RePEc]
Classification:	D43 - Oligopoly and Other Forms of Market Imperfection ; F12 - Models of Trade with Imperfect Competition and Scale Economies ; L86 - Information and Internet Services; Computer Software
Source:	EconStor

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