The Economics of Copyright and Digitalisation -- A Report on the Literature and the Need for Further Research

Handke, Christian

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“…A series of works by Christian Handke (2010Handke ( , 2011Handke ( , 2012 contains authoritative literature reviews on the economic evidence pertaining specifically to copyrights, as opposed to patents. A literature review and plea for more empirical evidence by Png (2006) is also very useful.…”

Section: Intellectual Property and Innovationmentioning

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Evidence‐Based Intellectual Property Policymaking: An Integrated Review of Methods and Conclusions

Beer

2016

World Intellectual Property

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Governments have long been interested in making intellectual property (IP) policy based on sound evidence. There is a large body of literature addressing the economic impacts of IP, but little of it is accessible to policy makers. This article aims to improve understanding of how IP contributes to the economic performance of a country's innovative sectors. A detailed literature review and meta-analysis identifies existing methodologies and analytical frameworks. The article organizes the literature and conclusions into four major archetypes, and explains the advantages/disadvantages of each approach. First, data for advocacy is used primarily by special-interest lobby groups. This literature is accessible to policy makers, but rarely transparent, verified or peer reviewed. Second, valuations of aggregate economic contributions of IP-related industries are influential worldwide. This literature usefully allows us to compare data internationally, but makes unfounded or misleading assumptions about the importance of IP to a particular industry. Third, innovation indices and rankings are increasingly used to assess comparative progress over time. This literature reports on a broad-base of IP and innovative activity, but risks turning into a statistical horse race. Fourth, the literature on scholarly theoretical and empirical research and modelling is extensive. This literature often relies on sound evidence, but tends to use the available information-patent data-without explaining the context in which firms may or may not choose to use formal IPRs. It is also rarely accessible to policy makers in the format or timelines required. None of these frameworks alone are fully capable of providing complete, reliable information about the economic importance of intellectual property in any one particular country. An approach that positions and integrates various frameworks, methods and data sources is, therefore, appropriate. The key challenge for the future is to connect empirical data and micro-economic analyses about firms' strategic responses to IP policy changes with statistics and macro-economic insights on overall economic performance or social welfare.

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Section: Intellectual Property and Innovationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Evidence‐Based Intellectual Property Policymaking: An Integrated Review of Methods and Conclusions

Beer

2016

World Intellectual Property

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“…Los economistas clásicos hicieron referencia a los aspectos económicos del derecho de autor 14 . Los primeros comentarios giraban en torno a la noción de un monopolio legal y a la oportunidad que brindaba a sus titulares para fijar precios superiores al costo marginal 15 .…”

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“…Para entender mejor la economía de los derechos de autor debemos recordar que su enfoque se basa en dos nociones: 1) el derecho de autor no es ilimitado y puede ser objeto de controversia con respecto a otros objetivos y valores, y 2) su propósito está claramente definido (alentar la actividad creativa), aunque es discutible que se haya alcanzado de forma eficiente (Handke, 2010). En esta disciplina coexisten diversas corrientes de pensamiento que alimentan el debate y enriquecen la agenda de investigación.…”

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Derechos de autor. Enfoque económico, evolución y perspectivas

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Martos

Aguado

2016

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El origen de los derechos de autor se remonta al siglo XVIII, pero su análisis económico es más reciente. El trabajo de Plant de 1934 dio inicio a una rama de estudio especializada. El artículo traza un esbozo histórico de esta especialidad considerando las controversias y enfoques que delimitan su ámbito, así como el principal desafío que hoy enfrentan tales derechos, la copia no autorizada.

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“…Instances of market failure can occur in broadcasting if, for example, stemming from the fact that consumption of informational goods is non-rivalrous, no means exists for a supplier of broadcast services to derive payments from viewers or listeners. Another similar sort of market failure is, in a world where copying is easy, the absence of any means for the producer of an original creative output to sustain this activity by monopolising the economic returns from it (Handke, 2010; Towse, 2004). Market failures provide a justification for intervention, and in the case of the latter, copyright is the internationally agreed if increasingly contested solution to a key source of market failure in the creative economy.…”

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Creative economy and policy

Doyle

2015

European Journal of Communication

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The challenges currently facing systems of media provision across Europe require critical, multidisciplinary research informed by creative economy and policy perspectives. Creative economy themes of relevance to media include the exceptional economic characteristics of cultural and creative content, production activities and markets. The use and efficacy of copyright and alternative policy interventions to support creativity represent important emerging areas for media-related research. The effects of changing technology are another priority. More research is needed that builds our critical understanding of the implications of contemporary changes in audience behaviour, of converged multi-platform strategies for supplying content and of globalised distribution for creative outputs.

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The Economics of Copyright and Digitalisation -- A Report on the Literature and the Need for Further Research

Cited by 11 publications

References 106 publications

Evidence‐Based Intellectual Property Policymaking: An Integrated Review of Methods and Conclusions

Evidence‐Based Intellectual Property Policymaking: An Integrated Review of Methods and Conclusions

Derechos de autor. Enfoque económico, evolución y perspectivas

Creative economy and policy

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