The Economics of Copyright and Digitisation � Digitisation

The Economics of Copyright and Digitisation � Digitisation: "The Economics of Copyright and Digitisation
The Strategic Advisory Board on Intellectual Property (SABIP) have published a report this week entitled “The Economics of Copyright and Digitisation: A Report on the Literature and the Need for Further Research” .

The report undertakes a critical overview of the theoretical and empirical economic literature on copyright and unauthorised copying.

This report highlights two issues which are in particular need of further research in order to inform copyright policy:

How does digital copying affect the supply of copyright works?
Does the copyright system entail obstacles to desirable aspects of technological transition?"