Economics of Digital Content and Online Illegal Filesharing: Legal Issues

24 Pages Posted: 29 Nov 2005

Date Written: November 2005

Abstract

This article analyzes relevant legal, economic and policy issues inherent in illegal online filesharing. Presently, there are no unified sets of laws, clear standards of behavior, standards of evidence or 'efficient' laws that function with respect to the sociological patterns of illegal filesharing.

Keywords: illegal filesharing, networks, regulation, P2P, intellectual property

Suggested Citation

Nwogugu, Michael C. I., Economics of Digital Content and Online Illegal Filesharing: Legal Issues (November 2005). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=860006 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.860006

Michael C. I. Nwogugu (Contact Author)

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