Non-Governmental Copyright Protection in a Music Market

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  • 民間機関による著作権保護―日本音楽著作権協会のゲーム理論的分析―
  • ミンカン キカン ニ ヨル チョサクケン ホゴ : ニホン オンガク チョサクケン キョウカイ ノ ゲーム リロンテキ ブンセキ

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We consider non-governmental copyright protection in a music market in a game theoretical framework. Music composers voluntarily form a non-governmental association to prevent illegal uses of music and to impose music fees collectively. We find that the formation of an association increases social welfare when differences in composers' abilities are sufficiently large. We also show that a uniform pricing rule, as currently employed by the association in Japan, is more desirable from the social point of view than a non-uniform pricing rule whereby members can set music fees individually to maximize their private profits.

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  • 経済研究

    経済研究 63 (1), 17-27, 2012-01-25

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