The impact of technology on the quality of information
Proceedings of the ninth international conference on Electronic commerce
Designing markets for open source production of digital culture goods
Proceedings of the ninth international conference on Electronic commerce
Optimal Multi-Channel Delivery of Expertise: An Economic Analysis
International Journal of Electronic Commerce
Application of complex adaptive systems to pricing of reproducible information goods
Decision Support Systems
An interdisciplinary view of electronic commerce
International Journal of Advanced Media and Communication
An analytical framework for evaluating peer-to-peer business models
Electronic Commerce Research and Applications
Electronic Commerce Research and Applications
Optimal Pricing of Digital Experience Goods Under Piracy
Journal of Management Information Systems
An Economic Analysis of Policies for the Protection and Reuse of Noncopyrightable Database Contents
Journal of Management Information Systems
Impact of piracy on innovation at software firms and implications for piracy policy
Decision Support Systems
Designing markets for co-production of digital culture goods
Decision Support Systems
Information Security: Facilitating User Precautions Vis-à-Vis Enforcement Against Attackers
Journal of Management Information Systems
Optimal Policy for Software Patents: Model and Comparative Implications
Journal of Management Information Systems
On the reliability of software piracy statistics
Electronic Commerce Research and Applications
Electronic Commerce Research and Applications
Information Systems and e-Business Management
Why give away something for nothing? Investigating virtual goods pricing and permission strategies
ACM Transactions on Management Information Systems (TMIS)
Optimal software pricing in the presence of piracy and word-of-mouth effect
Decision Support Systems
Entertainment Without Borders: The Impact of Digital Technologies on Government Cultural Policy
Journal of Management Information Systems
The impacts of piracy and supply chain contracts on digital music channel performance
Decision Support Systems
Revisiting the incentive to tolerate illegal distribution of software products
Decision Support Systems
Effects of Piracy on Quality of Information Goods
Management Science
Consumer Piracy Risk: Conceptualization and Measurement in Music Sharing
International Journal of Electronic Commerce
Entertainment Without Borders: The Impact of Digital Technologies on Government Cultural Policy
Journal of Management Information Systems
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We consider how the government should set the fine for copying, tax on copying medium, and subsidy on legitimate purchases, whereas a monopoly publisher sets price and spending on detection. There are two segments of potential software users--ethical users who will not copy, and unethical users who would copy if the benefit outweighs the cost. In deciding on policy, the government must consider how the publisher adjusts price and detection to changes in the fine, tax, and subsidy. Our key welfare result is that increases in detection affect welfare more negatively than price cuts. We also show that the tax is welfare superior to the fine, and that a subsidy is optimal. Generally, government policies that focus on penalties alone will miss the social welfare optimum.