This article reviews recent theoretical contributions on digital piracy. It starts by elaborating on the reasons for intellectual property protection, by reporting a few facts about copyright protection, and by examining reasons to become a digital pirate. Next, it provides an exploration of the consequences of digital piracy, using a base model and several extensions (with consumer sampling, network effects, and indirect appropriation). A closer look at market-structure implications of end-user piracy is then taken. After a brief review of commercial piracy, additional legal and private responses to end-user piracy are considered. Finally, a quick look at emerging new business models is taken.
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Belleflamme, P., & Peitz, M. (2014). Digital Piracy. In Encyclopedia of Law and Economics (pp. 1–8). Springer New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7883-6_13-1
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