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 …

This book is an impressive survey of our collective and cumulative understanding of the
evolution of digital communication systems and the Internet. Whilst the information societies …

Digital entrepreneurship is the sale of digital products or services across electronic
networks. It offers a number of advantages for aspiring entrepreneurs over other online …

Media are among the most influential institutions in modern societies. Media outlets–press,
TV, Internet, radio, cinema–have become the leading players in the production and diffusion …

'Tere is a growing body of critical and institutionalist scholars who have finally begun to take
the economics of media and communications as serious objects of analysis. Tis two volume …

Handbook on the Economics of the Media Page 1 EE Elgar Handbook on the Economics of the
Media Edited by Robert G. Picard and Steven S. Wildman Page 2 HANDBOOK ON THE …

Rather than tolerating piracy or increasing sanctions, an artist can release his product
directly to consumers by allowing them to download it under a 'pay-what-you-want'online …

A 2009 presentation by Michael Masnick (CEO and founder of insight company Floor64)
entitled 'How Trent Reznor and Nine Inch Nails represent the Future of the Music Business' …

We apply the property rights theory of Grossman-Hart-Moore in the music industry and study
the optimal allocation of copyright between the artists who create music and the labels who …

The present study examined why music fans choose to buy recorded music given the
multitude of other ways to listen to music without payment. A sample of 135 participants …