Copyright Protection Strategy for Digital Information Innovation Products with Network Externalities

摘要：

Copyright protection for innovati.on products is an important issue concerned by innovators,especially for those of digital information products.The innovation products easily to be pirated generally have an important nature of network externalities,which may influence the copyright protection strategy for innovation products.This paper develops mathematical models to describe the interrelationship of an original innovation product and its piracy product,for analyzing the copyright protection strategy for innovation products with network externalities.The study shows that network externalities might change the nature of the interrelationship between an original innovation product and its piracy product from competition to mutualism,which will influence the market shares of both products,and the success or failure of innovation further.According to the study,this paper also analyzes and suggests the copyright protection strategy for innovation products.

关键词： Copyright protection Innovation products Network externalities Piracy

作者: Xu Di Weng Junyi

作者单位: School of Management,Xiamen University,Xiamen,P.R.China,361005

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: 第三届产品创新管理国际会议(The 3rd International Conference on Product Innovation Management)

会议地点: 武汉

会议语种:英文

在线出版日期: 2008-10-26（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）