Software piracy: an analysis of protection strategies
Management Science
International Software Piracy: Analysis of Key Issues and Impacts
Information Systems Research
Information Goods Pricing and Copyright Enforcement: Welfare Analysis
Information Systems Research
Welfare analysis of alternative patent policies for software innovations
Decision Support Systems - Special issue: Economics and information systems
Preventive and deterrent controls for software piracy
Journal of Management Information Systems
Factors affecting payment choices in online auctions: a study of eBay traders
Decision Support Systems
Information Systems Research
Economic Implications of Variable Technology Standards for Movie Piracy in a Global Context
Journal of Management Information Systems
Economics of shareware: How do uncertainty and piracy affect shareware quality and brand premium?
Decision Support Systems
Pricing schemes for digital content with DRM mechanisms
Decision Support Systems
Optimal software pricing in the presence of piracy and word-of-mouth effect
Decision Support Systems
A neuro-computational intelligence analysis of the global consumer software piracy rates
Expert Systems with Applications: An International Journal
Revisiting the incentive to tolerate illegal distribution of software products
Decision Support Systems
Effects of Piracy on Quality of Information Goods
Management Science
Digital Image Authentication: A Review
International Journal of Digital Library Systems
International Journal of Technoethics
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In this paper, we look at how innovation in the presence of piracy is affected by the policy choice of alliances such as the Business Software Alliance (BSA). Surprisingly, we find that a stricter piracy policy, that increases the perceived cost to using pirated software for end-users, may in some cases lead to an increase in piracy, and a decrease in product quality. The implication for a social planner is that in a monopoly market, an increase in the policy variable, could act as a disincentive for innovation. In a competitive market an increase in the policy variable provides an incentive for innovation.