The article will outline the economics of copyright and exclusive distribution of contents in Internet, assessing economic cost and benefits deriving from the application of standard economic and legal principles to Internet distribution. After having outlined the terms of the debate on the...

Political Economy (PE) has been used in the national realm to understand political outcomes, including laws and jurisprudence applied to all substantive matters. PE identifies the interests of relevant actors as well as the characteristics of the institutions through which they pursue their...