"Copyright in the Digital Era: Building Evidence for Policy" ed. by Stephen A. Merrill and William J. Raduchel

This issue examines a range of questions regarding copyright policy by using a variety of methods, such as case studies, international and sectoral comparisons, and experiments and surveys.

This report is especially critical in light of digital age developments that may, for example, change the incentive calculus for various actors in the copyright system, impact the costs of voluntary copyright transactions, pose new enforcement challenges, and change the optimal balance between copyright protection and exceptions.

Contents
Summary
1 Introduction
Research in Public Discourse on Intellectual Property
International Context
Copyright Research Questions
The Overriding Need for Data
2 Copyright Law and Economics in the Digital Era
Copyright Law’s Accommodation to Digital Technology
The Economic Value of Copyright-Affected Industries and Copyrighted Works
The Impact of Digital Technologies on Content Creation, Distribution, and Use in Selected Industries
The Limits of Our Knowledge about the Economics of Copyright
Conclusion
3 Research Directions
Changing Incentives
Enablers of and Impediments to Voluntary Transactions
Enforcement Costs and Benefits
Exceptions, Limitations, and Balanced Copyright Design
Principles to Guide Research
4 Data Infrastructure for an Empirical Approach to Copyright Policy Research
Opportunities and Challenges Arising From Digital Technology
What Data Are Needed and Available or Accessible?
Closing the Gap
References
Appendixes
A A Copyright Primer
B Commissioned Paper Authors
C Committee Members and Staff

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