%0 Generic %1 pollock2009forever %A Pollock, Rufus %C Cambridge %D 2009 %K copyright copyright_term economics iprights %T Forever minus a day? Calculating optimal copyright term %U http://www.rufuspollock.org/economics/papers/optimal_copyright_term.pdf %X The optimal term of copyright has been a matter for extensive debate over the last decade. Based on a novel approach we derive an explicit formula which characterises the optimal term as a function of a few key and, most importantly, empirically-estimable parameters. Using existing data on recordings and books we obtain a point estimate of around 15 years for optimal copyright term with a 99\% confidence interval extending up to 38 years. This is substantially shorter than any current copyright term and implies that existing terms are too long. (Author’s abstract) %Z June 15, 2009; first version published on July 9th, 2007

@misc{pollock2009forever, abstract = {The optimal term of copyright has been a matter for extensive debate over the last decade. Based on a novel approach we derive an explicit formula which characterises the optimal term as a function of a few key and, most importantly, empirically-estimable parameters. Using existing data on recordings and books we obtain a point estimate of around 15 years for optimal copyright term with a 99\% confidence interval extending up to 38 years. This is substantially shorter than any current copyright term and implies that existing terms are too long. (Author’s abstract)}, added-at = {2010-09-28T17:32:17.000+0200}, address = {Cambridge}, annote = {June 15, 2009; first version published on July 9th, 2007}, author = {Pollock, Rufus}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/20dd0d3d43b8b4eba11f08a5fcb20aa55/meneteqel}, howpublished = {Online PDF}, institution = {University of Cambridge}, interhash = {95f327df45def476dd60ee9bc5534ca2}, intrahash = {0dd0d3d43b8b4eba11f08a5fcb20aa55}, keywords = {copyright copyright_term economics iprights}, timestamp = {2011-09-07T13:05:12.000+0200}, title = {Forever minus a day? Calculating optimal copyright term}, url = {http://www.rufuspollock.org/economics/papers/optimal_copyright_term.pdf}, year = 2009 }