Title :
Game Analysis of Copyright Protection of Software Products under Network Condition
Author :
Yin, Xiaobo ; Liu, Hong
Author_Institution :
Commerce Coll., Huaqiao Univ., Quanzhou, China
Abstract :
Aiming at the phenomenon that the pirate software predominates over the software market, based on the cost characteristics and network externality of software products, this paper analyzes the situation that the software manufacturers are confronted with when taking loose and strict strategies for copyright protection of software, and offers the countermeasures to the software manufacturers.
Keywords :
copy protection; game theory; copyright protection; cost characteristics; game analysis; network condition; network externality; software manufacturers; software market; software products; Application software; Business; Copyright protection; Cost function; Educational institutions; Information analysis; Production; Programming; Pulp manufacturing; Software protection; appended value; copyright; cost; network externality; piracy; software;
Conference_Titel :
Environmental Science and Information Application Technology, 2009. ESIAT 2009. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Wuhan
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3682-8
DOI :
10.1109/ESIAT.2009.528
