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PART Ⅰ Intellectual property, law and economics1

Introduction3

1 Introduction to law and economics14

1.1 The historical roots of law and economics15

1.2 What is economic analysis of law?17

1.2.1 What is economics?18

1.2.2 The economic analysis of law21

1.3 Shortcomings and challenges of the economic analysis of law27

1.3.1 The overemphasis on normative analysis and the internal fallacy of law and economics28

1.3.2 The assumptions of rationality and exogenous preferences31

1.3.3 Law and economics in a changing global environment33

1.4 Conclusion36

2 The rise of intellectual property38

2.1 The rising significance of intellectual property38

2.2 What is intellectual property?40

2.3 Is intellectual property a property right?42

2.4 The normative sources of intellectual property law46

2.5 The law and economics of intellectual property50

PART Ⅱ Normative analysis55

3 The incentives paradigm57

3.1 Market failure of public goods as the foundation of intellectual property law58

3.1.1 Public goodsanalysis59

3.1.2 Are incentives necessary?62

3.1.3 Incentives to create - the individual level65

3.1.4 The need for incentives - the organization level67

3.1.5 The rise o f alternative modes o f production and monetary incentives71

3.1.6 Technological change and the need for incentives77

3.1.7 Summary79

3.2 Incentives for what?79

3.2.1 Incentives to create or incentives to produce?80

3.2.2 Incentives to create or incentives to improve?83

3.2.3 Incentives to create or incentives to disclose?85

3.2.4 Summary86

3.3 Central intervention in the form of intellectual property rights87

3.3.1 Generating incentives by intellectual property rights87

3.3.2 Alternative forms of incentives103

3.3.3 Tailoring intellectual property rights107

3.4 Conclusion112

4 The proprietary model of intellectual property115

4.1 The rise of the proprietary approach in the law and economics literature of IPR116

4.2 The economic foundations of the proprietary approach: the ‘tragedy of the commons'118

4.2.1 The theory of Harold Demsetz118

4.2.2 From the ‘tragedy of the commons' in land to intellectual property120

4.3 The proprietary paradigm o f intellectual property - sources and main arguments124

4.3.1 The shift from incentives to proprietary regime as an escape124

4.3.2 From incentives ex ante to incentives ex post and managing improvements126

4.3.3 The shift to proprietary model by the founding fathers of law and economics128

4.3.4 The normative analysis of the proprietary paradigm131

4.4 A critical view of the proprietary approach133

4.4.1 Can information be over-consumed?133

4.4.2 Propertization of the commons and the anti-commons134

4.4.3 Managing informational commons136

4.4.4 The proprietary model and large scale collaborations137

4.4.5 Deconstructing traditional property and the proprietary paradigm of IP141

4.5 The ‘tragedy of the commons' and positive analysis of intellectual property143

4.6 Conclusion145

PART Ⅲ Central intervention and private ordering147

5 Intellectual property and the rise of private ordering149

5.1 The rise o f private ordering for governing informational goods151

5.2 The canonic position of law and economics towards private ordering155

5.2.1 From social norms to private ordering155

5.2.2 Private ordering and the limits o f central intervention156

5.2.3 The contract-as-product approach157

5.2.4 Implications of the law and economics position158

5.3 Private ordering: a critical view159

5.3.1 The contract-as-product re-examined160

5.3.2 Markets cannot be trusted to secure optimal access to creative works163

5.3.3 The inconsistency of the law and economics approach164

5.4 Viral contracts and the new property165

5.4.1 Is it a contract?166

5.4.2 Blurring distinctions: private/public,contracts/property168

5.5 Private ordering and the social web169

5.5.1 The dual nature of users and platforms170

5.5.2 Governance172

5.5.3 The social web -between a market and a community176

5.5.4 Private ordering and social production178

5.6 Conclusions180

6 Intellectual property in the digital era: economic analysis and governance by technology183

6.1 The rise o f digital locks184

6.1.1 What are DRMs?184

6.1.2 Regulation by code and the theory of law185

6.2 The economic analysis of information in the digital environment188

6.2.1 Is information still a puhlicgood?188

6.2.2 Digital networks and the economic analysis of information190

6.3 The anti-circumvention legal regime192

6.3.1 Legal background193

6.3.2 The economic rationale of anti-circumvention legislation197

6.3.3 The nature of regulation by technology200

6.4 Post -purchase control and consumer protection201

6.5 DRMs and competition204

6.5.1 The virtues of interoperahility205

6.5.2 Legal impediments to interoperability: the new I PR regime207

6.5.3 Interoperability and competition in information markets210

6.5.4 Can the market take care of the problems on its own?213

6.6 Anti-circumvention legislation and the economics of innovation216

6.7 Conclusions: designing regulations for regulation by design219

PART Ⅳ Positive analysis223

7 A positive analysis of intellectual property law225

7.1 The pluralist view of legislation227

7.2 The repuhlican view of legislation231

7.3 The puhlic choice view of legislation236

7.4 The intra-national and international dimensions in the positive analysis of IP244

7.5 Positive analysis of the role of courts248

References251

Index275