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100 1 $aKhan, B. Zorina.
245 10 $aDoes copyright piracy pay?$h[electronic resource]$bthe effects of U.S. international copyright laws on the market for books, 1790-1920 /$cB. Zorina Khan.
260 $aCambridge, MA :$bNational Bureau of Economic Research,$cc2004.
490 1 $aNBER working paper series ;$vworking paper 10271
538 $aSystem requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.
538 $aMode of access: World Wide Web.
500 $aTitle from PDF file as viewed on 1/24/2005.
530 $aAlso available in print.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
520 3 $a"Does the lack of international copyrights benefit or harm developing countries? I examine the effects of U.S. copyright piracy during a period when the U.S. was itself a developing country. U.S. statutes since 1790 protected the copyrights of American citizens, but until 1891 deemed the works of foreign citizens to be in the public domain. In 1891, the laws were changed to allow foreigners to obtain copyright protection in the United States if certain conditions were met. Thus, this episode in American history provides us with a convenient way of investigating the consequences of international copyright piracy. My analysis is based on copyright registrations, information on authors, book titles and prices, financial data from the accounts of a major publishing company, and lawsuits regarding copyright questions. These data are used to investigate the welfare effects of widespread infringement of foreign works on American publishers, writers, and the public. The results suggest that the United States benefited from piracy and that the choice of copyright regime was endogenous to the level of economic development"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.
650 0 $aCopyright$zUnited States$xHistory.
650 0 $aCopyright$zDeveloping countries.
710 2 $aNational Bureau of Economic Research.
830 0 $aWorking paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research : Online) ;$vworking paper no. 10271.
856 40 $uhttp://papers.nber.org/papers/W10271