-ante level of publicness - determined by the anti-piracy strategies of the firms - and the ex-post level of publicness - which is … two models developed in the article detail the required conditions for anti-piracy strategies to be successful and show …

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

analysis shows that 1) stronger public copy protection leads to lower private copy protection and more piracy when the firms … regard their private copy protection levels as "strategic substitutes," but higher private copy protection and less piracy … copy protection systems leads to lower private copy protection and more piracy. We also discuss public policy issues …

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 … suggest that advertising services indeed reduce their activities on piracy websites, however only those that are most likely …

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

The effects of (private, small-scale) piracy on the pricing behavior of producers of information goods are studied …