Piracy of Digital Content

ISBN: 978-92-64-06450-8
Pages: 134
Published:
July 2009

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This book studies digital piracy - the infringement of copyrighted content (such as music, films, software, broadcasting, books, etc.) - where the end product does not involve the use of hard media, such as CDs and DVDs. It presents the unique economic properties of markets for pirated digital products, where the existence of a large number of suppliers willing to provide pirated content at virtually no cost poses new and difficult challenges to copyright owners and policy makers in combating that piracy.

These economic features, together with rapid technological developments,create special and unique problems to policy makers and the large number of actors involved in different jurisdictions.

This book also provides an illustrative, in-depth case study of the sports rights owners sector, highlighting how it is affected by digital piracy.

Table of contents

Executive Summary

Introduction

Chapter 1. Market Overview

Key differences between tangible and digital products
Copyrighted digital products
Markets for pirated digital products
Economic mechanisms that drive markets for pirated digital products

Chapter 2. Drivers of Digital Policy

Supply drivers
Demand drivers

Chapter 3. Industry Initiatives and Institutional Remedies

Industry Initiatives
Data collection and educational campaigns
Co-operation between rights holders
Government co-operation
Remedies for copyright infringement
Liability for circumvention of technological protection measures

Chapter 4. Case Study: The Sports Rights Owners Sector

What is the sports rights owners sector?
What is at stake?
How is intellectual property created in this sector?
How does piracy take place?
What are the market characterisitics of the sports broadcasting sector?
Industry responses
Specific industry examples

Conclusions

Annex A. Legal Aspects of Copyrights and their Infreingement

Annex B. OECD Council Recommendation on Broadband Development

Annex C. The Seoul Declaration for the Future of the Internet Economy

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