Copyright protection and hardware taxation
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Piracy of software and other material is fast increasing and is almost considered to reach 90 percent in developing countries. Due to piracy heavy losses are being incurred, hence to recover these losses, a new method of taxing hardware and transferring the proceeds to software makers is suggested.
Publication Name: Information Economics and Policy
Subject: Library and information science
ISSN: 0167-6245
Year: 2003
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Impact of the legal and institutional framework on the financial architecture of new economy firms in developing countries
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The factors that influence the growth of business sector in developing countries such as legal system, institutional framework and information and communications technologies are discussed.
Publication Name: Information Economics and Policy
Subject: Library and information science
ISSN: 0167-6245
Year: 2005
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Publishers, artists and copyright enforcement
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Conflict of interest between the publishers and the artists regarding the extent and prevention of copyright infringement in the music industry is analyzed.
Publication Name: Information Economics and Policy
Subject: Library and information science
ISSN: 0167-6245
Year: 2006
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