TY - JOUR
T1 - Books off the Shelf & the Problem of Copyright Term Extension
T2 - Empirical Analysis of Books Written by Literature Nobel Prize Authors
AU - Wang, Runhua
AU - Delvasto Perdomo, Carlos Andres
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2024/12/10
Y1 - 2024/12/10
N2 - The present article examines the impact of copyright term extension on the availability of new printed books written by Nobel Prize laureates in Literature. Building on research like Paul J. Heald’s, which suggest that extended copyrights can reduce book availability as publishers stop printing unsold works, the study uses two datasets from Amazon.com (2015 and 2023). The results show that, on average, copyrighted books have fewer printed editions compared to those in the public domain. This contradicts the assumption that copyright extension leads to increased distribution of copyrighted material and challenges the notion of the tragedy of the public domain.
AB - The present article examines the impact of copyright term extension on the availability of new printed books written by Nobel Prize laureates in Literature. Building on research like Paul J. Heald’s, which suggest that extended copyrights can reduce book availability as publishers stop printing unsold works, the study uses two datasets from Amazon.com (2015 and 2023). The results show that, on average, copyrighted books have fewer printed editions compared to those in the public domain. This contradicts the assumption that copyright extension leads to increased distribution of copyrighted material and challenges the notion of the tragedy of the public domain.
KW - books out of the shelf
KW - Copyright
KW - Copyright extension
KW - tragedy of the public domain
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85212675187&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.18601/01234366.48.09
DO - 10.18601/01234366.48.09
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85212675187
SN - 0123-4366
SP - 225
EP - 255
JO - Revista de Derecho Privado
JF - Revista de Derecho Privado
IS - 48
M1 - 9
ER -