The quest for evidence on the economic effects of copyright law

The requirement by the UK government for evidence-based policy has recently been applied to copyright law in the context of I. Hargreaves's report, Digital Opportunity: Review of Intellectual Property and Growth (Newport, Intellectual Property Office, 2011). In this article, I focus on data tha...

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Published in:Cambridge journal of economics 2013-09, Vol.37 (5), p.1187-1202
Main Author: Towse, Ruth
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Copyright
Copyright laws
Copyrights
Cultural industries
Digital rights management
Digital technology
Economic growth
Economic impact
Economic policy
Economic research
Economists
Empirical evidence
Government
Industry
Intellectual property
Intellectual property law
International economics
Law
Legal evidence
Property, Intellectual
Studies
United Kingdom
Western Europe
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Summary:The requirement by the UK government for evidence-based policy has recently been applied to copyright law in the context of I. Hargreaves's report, Digital Opportunity: Review of Intellectual Property and Growth (Newport, Intellectual Property Office, 2011). In this article, I focus on data that have been used to make the case for copyright with government, but it is argued that this does not produce the evidence that is needed for policy purposes. The problem facing economists in providing such evidence is discussed in detail in connection with Hargreaves' proposal for a digital copyright exchange.
ISSN:0309-166X
1464-3545
DOI:10.1093/cje/bet014