Pirated for profit.

This paper explains why a software manufacturer may permit limited piracy of its software. Piracy can be viewed as a form of price discrimination in which the manufacturer sells some of the software at a price of zero. In the presence of significant network externalities for the software, it may b...

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Published in:	Canadian Journal of Economics Vol. 31; no. 4; pp. 886 - 900
Main Authors:	Slive, Joshua, Bernhardt, Dan
Format:	Article
Published:	Wiley-Blackwell October 1998
Subjects:	Copyright of software Software piracy Externalities Computer software sales & prices Price discrimination Cost Mathematical models of economics Computer software industry United States
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