Piracy of digital content.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Staff, Corporate Author.

Contributor:

Scorpecci, Danny.

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Internet--Social aspects.

Internet.

Mass media--Social aspects.

Mass media.

Piracy (Copyright)--Social aspects.

Piracy (Copyright).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (137 p.)

Place of Publication:

Paris : OECD, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Cover and Table of Contents

Introduction

Market Overview

Drivers of Digital Piracy

Industry Initiatives and Institutional Remedies

Case Study

Annex A

Annex B

Annex C.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

92-64-06543-1

OCLC:

424484495