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|Description of Data=This study compares two different copyright enforcement models: one utilising government-led monitoring and the other utilising producer-led technological enforcement through Digital Rights Management. The study utilises a literature review of 13 previous empirical studies. The study also uses sales data from the Indian Music Industry. | |Description of Data=This study compares two different copyright enforcement models: one utilising government-led monitoring and the other utilising producer-led technological enforcement through Digital Rights Management. The study utilises a literature review of 13 previous empirical studies. The study also uses sales data from the Indian Music Industry. | ||
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|Data Type=Secondary data | |Data Type=Secondary data | ||
|Data Source=Indian Music Industry (IMI); Review of Existing Academic and Industries Literature; | |Data Source=Indian Music Industry (IMI); Review of Existing Academic and Industries Literature; |
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Banerjee, Banerjee and Raychaudhuri (2008) | |
Title: | Optimal Enforcement and Anti-Copying Strategies to Counter Copyright Infringement |
Author(s): | Dyuti Banerjee, Tanmoyee Banerjee and Ajitava Raychaudhuri |
Year: | 2008 |
Citation: | Banerjee, Dyuti S., and Ajitava Raychaudhuri. OPTIMAL ENFORCEMENT AND ANTI‐COPYING STRATEGIES TO COUNTER COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT. Japanese Economic Review 59.4 (2008): 519-535. |
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About the Data | |
Data Description: | This study compares two different copyright enforcement models: one utilising government-led monitoring and the other utilising producer-led technological enforcement through Digital Rights Management. The study utilises a literature review of 13 previous empirical studies. The study also uses sales data from the Indian Music Industry. |
Data Type: | Secondary data |
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Cross Country Study?: | Yes |
Comparative Study?: | Yes |
Literature review?: | No |
Government or policy study?: | No |
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Abstract
In this paper we study the mix of anti-copying investment strategies by an incumbent firm and the enforcement policies of a government that consists of monitoring and penalizing the copier to address the issue of commercial piracy. If monitoring is socially optimal then the subgame perfect equilibrium anti-copying investment does not guarantee the prevention of copying. If not monitoring is socially optimal then the subgame perfect equilibrium anti-copying investment may guarantee the prevention of copying. Our findings suggest that in countries such as India and China where enforcement policies are rather weak, it is possible to prevent copyright infringement through the adoption of anti-copying investment by producers.
Main Results of the Study
The monopolist’s strategies consisted of output and anti-copying investment that either allowed or deterred the fake producer’s entry, or prohibited copying with certainty. We called them the accommodating, aggressive and no copying strategies. The government’s social welfare maximizing monitoring rate endogenously determined the monopolist’s subgame perfect equilibrium strategy. We showed that if monitoring is not socially optimal then either the accommodating or the no copying strategies are the subgame perfect equilibrium. In the former case the equilibrium anti-copying investment does not guarantee the prevention of copying while in the latter case copying is prevented with certainty. If monitoring is socially optimal then the accommodating strategy is the subgame perfect equilibrium and copying is not prevented with certainty. In our model the government is responsible for detecting copyright infringement. Alternatively, firms may initiate the detection procedure. Promotion of socioeconomic institutions may be an alternative to detection and anti-copying strategies to reduce copyright infringement.
Policy Implications as Stated By Author
- Previous literature had examined pirated or fake goods as imperfect copies of the original competing with the original good.
- With digital technology copies are now identical to the original and the consumer cannot tell the difference.
- In addition to government-led enforcement, producers can also contribute to enforcement by adopting technical measures that make the original good impossible to copy.
Coverage of Study
Datasets
Sample size: | 2 |
Level of aggregation: | copyright enforcement models |
Period of material under study: | 1988 to 2005 |
Sample size: | 1 |
Level of aggregation: | Music sales data |
Period of material under study: | 1988 to 2005 |