Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Research Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CleanUrl: research Description A description of the content of the resource or work Entries in this section of the Copyright Cortex include both peer-reviewed and non-peer-reviewed research, exploring the law of copyright and its effects on policy and practice in a variety of cultural heritage contexts. From managing the risks associated with making orphan works available online to claiming copyright in digital surrogates of public domain works, this section catalogues data, evidence, and commentary across a wide range of topics. If you have any recommendations for material that should feature in this section of the Copyright Cortex please do let us know. You can contact us at: <a href="mailto:info@copyrightcortex.org">info@copyrightcortex.org</a> Journal Article URL https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1634126 Volume 57 Pages (from-to) 907-950 pp. Journal Title Journal of the Copyright Society of the USA Issue Number 4 ISSN 0886-3520 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Estimating the economic impact of mass digitization projects on copyright holders: Evidence from the Google Book search litigation Description A description of the content of the resource or work This journal article argues that mass digitisation projects such as Google Books can have a positive economic impact on publishers, and identifies ways in which empirical research could be used to further explore the economic effects of mass digitisation. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Hannibal Travis Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2010-11-1 Abstract A summary of the resource. Google Book Search (GBS) has captured the attention of many commentators and government officials, but even as they vigorously debate its legality, few of them have marshaled new facts to estimate its likely effects on publishing and other information markets. This Article challenges the conventional wisdom propounded by the U.S. and German governments, as well as Microsoft and other competitors of Google, concerning the likely economic impact of mass book-digitization projects. Originally advanced by publishing industry lobbying groups, the prevailing account of mass book-digitization projects is that they will devastate authors and publishers, just as Napster and its heirs have supposedly devastated musicians and music labels. Using the impact of GBS on the revenues and operating incomes of U.S. publishers believing themselves to be the most-affected by it, this Article finds no evidence of a negative impact upon them. To the contrary, it provides some evidence of a positive impact, and proposes further empirical research to identify the mechanisms of digitization’s economic impact. The debate surrounding the GBS settlement is important to students, writers, researchers, and the general public, as it may decide whether a federal appellate court or even the U.S. Supreme Court allows the best research tool ever designed to survive. If the theory of Microsoft and some publishing trade associations is accepted, the courts may enjoin and destroy GBS, just as Napster was shut down a decade ago. The Article aims at a preliminary estimate of the economic impact of mass digitization projects, using GBS as a case in point. It finds little support for the much-discussed hypothesis of the Association of American Publishers and Google’s competitors that the mass digitization of major U.S. libraries will reduce the revenues and profits of the most-affected publishers. In fact, the revenues and profits of the publishers who believe themselves to be most aggrieved by GBS, as measured by their willingness to file suit against Google for copyright infringement, increased at a faster rate after the project began, as compared to before its commencement. The rate of growth by publishers most affected by GBS is greater than the growth of the overall U.S. economy or of retail sales. Thus, the very publishers that have sued Google have seen their revenues grow faster than retail sales or the U.S. economy as a whole (measured by gross domestic product). This finding parallels some of the research that has been done since the Napster case on the economic impact of peer-to-peer file sharing on sales of recorded music. Future studies may provide a more granular estimate of the economic impact of frequent downloads or displays of pages of particular books on the sales of such books. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Social Science Research Network (SSRN) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="http://www.csusa.org/?page=Journal" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">The Copyright Society of the USA</a> Language A language of the resource ENG Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CleanUrl: estimating-the-economic-impact-of-mass-digitization-projects-on-copyright-holders-evidence-from-the-google-book-search-litigation Copyright Cortex Fields Extra CC fields for copyright information Visual Date Date of creation or availability of the resource that is shown to users. To be formatted as follows: 2017 January 7 2010 November Jurisdiction United States Size Details about the size of the resource (can be Bytes, Pages or Duration, depending on item type.) 200 KB 45 pp. Copyright Information Information about the copyright status of the record. In Copyright Keywords A selection of keywords that pertain to the article attached. mass digitisation fair use commercialisation empirical research antitrust business models economic theory Google Books law and economics Napster