Exclusive content and platform competition in Latin America.

Exclusive content and platform competition in Latin America.

Working paper

44 pages ; [28] cm.

2957-8256

Platforms often compete over non-price strategies such as the exclusive distribution of products. But these strategies are not always welfare-enhancing. Using rich data on audiovisuals distributed on platforms in Brazil, we find that non-exclusive distribution and availability of titles across platforms is more effective in deterring online piracy than in the single homing case. Moreover, in certain markets (TVOD), it induces higher average investment in the production of new titles upstream. We discuss options of copyright and antitrust policies in the light of these findings.

Print publication

Economics Working Papers ; no. 63.

Geneva, Switzerland : World Intellectual Property Organization, 2020

eng

License: CC BY 3.0 IGO

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