It is widely recognised that many copyright issues are also economic issues. This carefully edited book presents a selection of the most important recent contributions to a wide range of economic topics on copyright. These include the copyright term, infringement issues, administration of copyright, incentives to artists and open source.

Contents: Acknowledgements General Introduction Ruth Towse and Richard Watt PART I ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF THE COPYRIGHT TERM Introduction to Part I Ruth Towse and Richard Watt 1. George A. Akerlof, Kenneth J. Arrow, Timothy F. Bresnahan, James M. Buchanan, Ronald H. Coase, Linda R. Cohen, Milton Friedman, Jerry R. Green, Robert W. Hahn, Thomas W. Hazlett, C. Scott Hemphill, Robert E. Litan, Roger G. Noll, Richard Schmalensee, Steven Shavell, Hal R. Varian, and Richard J. Zeckhauser (2002), ‘Brief as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioners’ 2. Stan J. Liebowitz and Stephen Margolis (2005), ‘Seventeen Famous Economists Weigh in on Copyright: The Role of Theory, Empirics and Network Effects’ 3. William M. Landes and Richard A. Posner (2003), ‘Indefinitely Renewable Copyright’ PART II ECONOMICS OF COPYING AND COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT Introduction to Part II Ruth Towse and Richard Watt 4. Justin P. Johnson and Michael Waldman (2005), ‘The Limits of Indirect Appropriability in Markets for Copiable Goods’ 5. Martin Peitz and Patrick Waelbroeck (2006), ‘Piracy of Digital Products: A Critical Review of the Theoretical Literature’ 6. Ivan P.L. Png (2006), ‘Copyright: A Plea for Empirical Research’ 7. Michele Boldrin and David Levine (2002), ‘The Case Against Intellectual Property’ PART III ISSUES IN COPYRIGHT ADMINISTRATION Introduction to Part III Ruth Towse and Richard Watt 8. William J. Baumol (2004), ‘The Socially Desirable Size of Copyright Fees’ 9. Arthur Snow and Richard Watt (2005), ‘Risk Sharing and the Distribution of Copyright Collective Income’ 10. Fabrice Rochelandet (2003), ‘Are Copyright Collecting Societies Efficient Organisations? An Evaluation of Collective Administration of Copyright in Europe’ PART IV COPYRIGHT AND INCENTIVES TO ARTISTS Introduction to Part IV Ruth Towse and Richard Watt 11. Amit Gayer and Oz Shy (2006), ‘Publishers, Artists and Copyright Enforcement’ 12. Ruth Towse (2006) ‘Copyright and Artists: A View From Cultural Economics’ PART V COPYRIGHT AND OPEN SOURCE Introduction to Part V Ruth Towse and Richard Watt 13. Josh Lerner and Jean Tirole (2005), ‘The Economics of Technology Sharing: Open Source and Beyond’ 14. Justin Pappas Johnson (2002), ‘Open Source Software: Private Provision of a Public Good’ Name Index