An Impotent Aegis: An economic analysis of the effectiveness of Australia’s anti-circumvention laws

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dc.contributor.author	Hollis, Richard
dc.date.accessioned	2008-03-12
dc.date.available	2008-03-12
dc.date.issued	2008-03-12
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2123/2253
dc.description.abstract	This paper examines the degree to which anti-circumvention laws meet their policy objectives of reducing piracy and protecting copyright owners’ interests. This paper develops economic models of ‘rational contravention’ and applies them to Australian anti-circumvention laws. These models are used to analyse the impact that the laws have on potential contraveners, and the extent to which these parties may be dissuaded from engaging in their illegal activities. The results indicate that Australian anti-circumvention laws will not deter a substantial number of contraveners, nor significantly improve copyright owner protection.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.rights	The author retains copyright of this thesis
dc.subject	copyright, anti-circumvention, TPM, technological protection measure, DRM, digital rights management, economic model, rational contravention	en
dc.title	An Impotent Aegis: An economic analysis of the effectiveness of Australia’s anti-circumvention laws	en
dc.type	Thesis, Honours	en
dc.description.department	Discipline of Business Law	en
dc.contributor.department	Discipline of Business Law	en

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