Back to software "profitable piracy": the role of information diffusion

Can software piracy be profitable for a software editor? We tackle this issue in a simple model where software is an experience good and where the potential users can choose to adopt or pirate software or to delay their adoption. In that context, we show that a moderate piracy can be profitable for a software editor to foster users' adoption.

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Year of publication:	2009
Authors:	Darmon, Eric ; Rufini, Alexandra ; Torre, Dominique
Published in:	Economics Bulletin. - AccessEcon, ISSN 1545-2921. - Vol. 29.2009, 2, p. 543-553
Publisher:	AccessEcon

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Extent:	application/pdf
Type of publication:	Article
Language:	English
Classification:	D4 - Market Structure and Pricing ; D8 - Information and Uncertainty
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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