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: 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
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