The Economics of Copyright and the Internet: Moving to an Empirical Assessment Relevant in the Digital Age
Published By: WIPO on eSS | Published Date: July , 2013Technology and the Internet have triggered important changes to how creative works are created, accessed and how creators and copyright-based industries generate their revenues. In this chapter, the economics of copyright is re-assessed in the light of these changes. After
providing an introduction to the economics of copyright, the article analyses the changes to the baseline copyright model triggered by the new technological landscape. Then, the article assesses the empirical economic work on copyright so far, and suggests future avenues of
research and related data needs.
Author(s): Sacha Wunsch-Vincent | Posted on: Jun 08, 2016 | Views() | Download (488)