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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
| Language: | en |
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1988
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ376621 |
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- Information as Property and as a Public Good: Perspectives from the Economic Theory of Property Rights. McCain, Roger A. Cable Television Computer Software Copyrights Economics Information Dissemination Public Libraries Reprography Reviews the economic theory of property rights and explores four applications of the transaction cost theory of property rights and free distribution in the economics of information: (1) copying technology; (2) computer software and copy protection; (3) satellite television and encryption; and (4) public libraries. (56 references) (MES)