. In theory, piracy could crowd out legitimate sales by building file sharing capacity, but could also increase sales …

screening technologies) which are also seen as intermediaries. The enforcement effort is there fore endogenously determined. It … (artists) but by intermediaries. Their profits, and therefore also the income of the artists, are endangered by copyright … infringements (piracy). It is well known from static welfare analysis that to some extent piracy reduces the deadweight loss by …

This study extends the literature on fighting software piracy by investigating how Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs …) regimes interact with technology to mitigate software piracy when existing levels of piracy are considered. Two technology … regressions.The findings show that the relevance of IPR channels in the fight against software piracy is noticeably contingent on …

Online copyright enforcement, in the form of either direct action against the supply-side (via website shutdowns) or … the demand-side (via individual lawsuits against users), has not been very effective in reducing piracy. Regulators have … the advertising services associated with a large number of piracy websites and corresponding set of legitimate "placebo …

. It assesses the relationships between software piracy and scientific publications in African countries for which data is …

This study examines the persistence of software piracy with internet penetration vis-à-vis of PC users, conditional on … responsible for the persistence of global software piracy. Knowing how technology affects the persistence of piracy is important … because it enables more targeted policy initiatives. We show that the sensitivity of software piracy to IPRs mechanisms is …