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The Potential Demise Of Another Natural Monopoly: New Technologies And The Administration Of Performing Rights

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This is a second in a series of two articles in which I challenge the collective administration of performing rights. In the first article, published in a recent issue of this journal, I questioned the natural monopoly paradigm that dominates the analysis of collective administration of performing rights. In this article I demonstrate how, by lowering many of the transaction costs which previously purported to justify the practice, new digital technologies further undermine the justification for collective administration. I also discuss whether market forces alone would transform the market into a competitive one, consider possible continuing roles for existing performing rights organizations, and compare the Canadian and the U.S. regulatory approaches to determine how conducive they are to such change.

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  • Ariel Katz, 2006. "The Potential Demise Of Another Natural Monopoly: New Technologies And The Administration Of Performing Rights," Journal of Competition Law and Economics, Oxford University Press, vol. 2(2), pages 245-284.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:jcomle:v:2:y:2006:i:2:p:245-284.
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    1. Roberto Bombana & Carla Marchese, 2014. "Designing fees for music copyright holders in radio services," ECONOMIA E POLITICA INDUSTRIALE, FrancoAngeli Editore, vol. 2014(2), pages 5-19.
    2. Ariel Katz, 2013. "Copyright and competition policy," Chapters, in: Ruth Towse & Christian Handke (ed.), Handbook on the Digital Creative Economy, chapter 19, pages 209-221, Edward Elgar Publishing.

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