This paper studies the impact of software piracy in a two-sidedmarket setting. Software platforms attract developers … higher with more software protection but the impact on user prices is ambiguous. A conflict between platforms and software … developers over software protection may arise: whereas one side benefits from better protection, the other party loses out. Under …

strategy of a seller of proprietary software (such as Microsoft Office) is impacted by product piracy and the presence of Open … Source Software alternatives (such as Open Office). Our results, based on an analytical model, show that the losses incurred … externalities. Therefore, for products characterized by high network externalities (such as software), it is crucial for sellers to …

Much of today's software relies on programming code shared openly online. Yet, it is unclear why volunteer developers … contribute to open-source software (OSS), a public good. We study OSS contributions of some 22,900 developers worldwide on the …