The Effect of Piracy and Digital Rights Management on Vertically Related Content Industries

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-26
Author(s):  
Sang Hoo Bae ◽  
Myungsup Kim ◽  
Kyeongwon Yoo
Keyword(s):  
Business Models ◽  
Digital Rights Management ◽  
Opportunistic Behavior ◽  
Digital Rights ◽  
Rights Management ◽  
Price Hike ◽  
Vertical Relationship ◽  
The Right ◽  
Copy Protection ◽  
Ipr Protection

Abstract The purpose of this paper is to investigate how digitalization affects vertically related content industries with the threat of piracy. We construct a model of vertical relationship where an upstream [a downstream] firm is considered as a content provider [a retailer]. Three business models are proposed depending on who has the right to implement digital rights management (DRM): a vertically-integrated entity, an upstream, and a downstream. First, we analyze how different modes of control on DRM affect the optimal prices and the level of copy protection. The results are dependent upon the different control modes of DRM and the degree of opportunistic behavior responding to increasing piracy costs. Second, we analyze the effect of two types of piracy depending on distribution channels (non-digital versus digital). Strengthening intellectual property rights (IPR) protection results in a price hike for both cases, while we have opposite changes in quantities depending on the types of piracy.

Online Music Distribution

2011 ◽  
pp. 325-363
Author(s):  
Francesco Spadoni
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Property ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Digital Rights Management ◽  
Intellectual Property Protection ◽  
Digital Rights ◽  
Management Standards ◽  
Content Retrieval ◽  
Rights Management ◽  
On Line ◽  
Music Distribution

This Chapter analyses multiple aspects of on-line music distribution, investigating the major problems, the different approaches and business models, considering the different points of view and perspectives, presenting the emerging technologies and Digital Rights Management standards, analysing issues for rights clearing, Intellectual Property protection, content retrieval and metadata management.

Digital Rights Management and E-Commerce Transactions

2009 ◽  
pp. 214-242
Author(s):  
Dimitrios P. Meidanis
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Property ◽  
Property Rights ◽  
Intellectual Property Rights ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Digital Rights Management ◽  
Electronic Trade ◽  
Digital Rights ◽  
Organizational Challenges ◽  
Rights Management

This chapter investigates intellectual property rights clearance of as part of e-commerce. Rights clearance is viewed as another online transaction that introduces certain technological and organizational challenges. An overview of the current intellectual property rights legislation is used to describe the setting in which business models and digital rights management systems are called to perform safe and fair electronic trade of goods. The chapter focuses on the technological aspects of the arising issues and investigates the potentials of using advanced information technology solutions for facilitating online rights clearance. A case study that presents a working online rights clearance and protection system is used to validate the applicability of the proposed approaches.

Limited edition: Producing artificial scarcity for digital art on the blockchain and its implications for the cultural industries

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 874-894 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel O’Dwyer
Keyword(s):  
Business Models ◽  
Digital Rights Management ◽  
Digital Art ◽  
Digital Culture ◽  
Cultural Goods ◽  
Digital Rights ◽  
Rights Management ◽  
New Form ◽  
Limited Edition ◽  
Digital Assets

This article examines the use of the blockchain to create limited editions of digital art with a particular focus on the business models of two companies: Monegraph and Ascribe. For some, the development of blockchain technologies and smart contracts suggests an opportunity for artists to protect their work from misuse and expropriation. For others, it suggests the possibility of stronger forms of digital rights management, going forward, that may negatively impact digital culture. However, this article argues that the aim of limited editions on the blockchain is not usually to institute stronger restrictions over use or a new form of digital rights management but rather to create new kinds of tradable digital assets. In turn, this trend implies a different operation of intellectual property rights with respect to digital culture, one where alienation rather than exclusion is significant, and a different operation of scarcity with respect to digital cultural goods, where their free circulation is not necessarily antithetical to profit.

scholarly journals The Lack of Enforcement of the DRM Policy

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-25
Author(s):  
Stefanus Oliver ◽  
Tommy Winarta
Keyword(s):  
Digital Rights Management ◽  
Copyright Law ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Digital Rights ◽  
Digital Era ◽  
Rights Management ◽  
The Law ◽  
Illegal Activities ◽  
The Right

In this digital era, numerous copyrighted items such as music and movies can be enjoyed online. However, our activities in enjoying those entertainments are also limited by the copyright law. Some contents are also protected by Digital Rights Management, which makes sure that the user who purchases the item is the only person who has the right to enjoy the content. All of these rules are obviously made to make sure that everything is in order. Therefore, those illegal activities can be brought to justice. However, the lack of communication might present an ambiguity to the users, and those users might unconsciously do illegal things that are previously forbidden. Other than that, the law itself has its own limitation in the aspect of execution and enforcement, causing pirated versions of a content can be found easily on the internet. This paper is going to review the current condition of the execution of the law regarding the DRM protected contents.

scholarly journals Reconciling the Right to Learn with Copyright Protection in the Digital Age: Limitations of Contemporary Copyright Treaties

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Uchenna Felicia Ugwu
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Property ◽  
International Law ◽  
Copyright Protection ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Digital Rights Management ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Protection Measures ◽  
Digital Rights ◽  
Rights Management ◽  
The Right

Abstract This article examines whether the current exceptions to copyright granted in contemporary intellectual property agreements give effect to the user rights to learn. It looks into the nature of the user rights to learn and how it is affected by copyright, technological protection measures, and digital rights management. Critical analysis is made of the effectiveness of exceptions to copyrights in international law, for advancing the users’ right to learn in the digital age. The article proposes the right to learn as an independent user right and examines how it can be incorporated in the copyright regulations by maximizing the differentiation principle, so as to advance the overall development in society.

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