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
Institutions:	HAL

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Post-Print.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	View the original document on HAL open archive server: http://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00599958/en/ Published, Economics Bulletin, 2009, 29, 2, 543-553
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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