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Belleflamme, P. and Peitz, M. (2012) Digital Piracy: Theory. In: Peitz, M. and Waldfogel, J., Eds., The Oxford Handbook of the Digital Economy, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 489-530.

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• TITLE: Learning by Copying a Piratable Good

  AUTHORS: Francisco Martínez-Sánchez

  KEYWORDS: Consumers, DRM, Learning by Copying, Piracy

  JOURNAL NAME: Theoretical Economics Letters, Vol.4 No.9, December 1, 2014

  ABSTRACT: In this paper, we analyze the behavior of a multiproduct monopolist, a duopolist and consumers who are able to learn by copying. We show that the DRM systems implemented by the digital industry have adverse consequences, because they hinder the use of original goods and provide consumers with an incentive for copying. Finally, we show that the Cournot effect may fail, unlike previous studies.