Are Heavy Pirates also Heavy Buyers?: A Case of the Video Game Industry in Japan
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Keywords
file sharing; innovation; intellectual property; network externalities; piracy; P2P; video games;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- O34 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Intellectual Property and Intellectual Capital
- D03 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Behavioral Microeconomics: Underlying Principles
- K42 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior - - - Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law
- L86 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Information and Internet Services; Computer Software
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