主讲题目:The Effects of Copyrights on Music Creation: Evidence from the U.S. Music Modernization Act(版权制度对音乐创作的影响:来自美国音乐现代化法案的证据)
主讲人:王静 香港科技大学
时间:2023年7月11日10:00
地点:经管院A208
主办单位:yL23411永利官网登录管理科学与工程系
内容摘要:
Copyright laws aim to balance two competing objectives: financially motivating creators and guaranteeing public access. The digital transformation has prompted a reassessment of how to balance these two objectives in copyright protection. This paper aims to provide the first systematic evidence on copyright protection in the digital age by examining the impact of stricter copyright laws on music creation, using the Music Modernization Act (MMA) in the US as a natural experiment. We conduct a difference-in-differences analysis with US singers as the treatment group and singers in other English-speaking and non-English-speaking countries as the control group. Our results show that the implementation of the MMA, a more stringent copyright law, leads to a significant decrease in music creation, particularly among less popular and niche-type musicians. We provide evidence that the MMA results in higher costs for streaming service providers and limits public access to music, which in turn reduces the visibility and profitability of musicians and undermines their motivation to create new pieces. Our study highlights the need for policymakers to carefully evaluate the impact of copyright protection policies on content creation in the digital age.
版权法旨在平衡两个竞争性目标:激励创作者的创作热情和保障公众获取权益。数字化转型已促使对版权保护如何平衡这两个目标进行重新评估。本文旨在通过研究美国音乐现代化法案作为自然实验,探讨更严格的版权法对音乐创作的影响,从而提供数字时代版权保护的第一个系统证据。我们以美国歌手为处理组,以其他英语和非英语国家的歌手为对照组,进行双重差分分析。我们的结果显示,MMA的实施导致音乐创作显著减少。这个减少在不太受欢迎和专业性强的音乐人中更为明显。我们的证据表明,MMA导致流媒体服务提供商成本增加,限制了公众获取音乐,进而降低音乐人的能见度和盈利能力,并破坏了他们创作新作品的动力。本研究强调了政策制定者需要仔细评估版权保护政策对数字时代内容创作的影响。
主讲人简介:
王静,香港科技大学商学院副教授,2008年本科毕业于清华大学计算机系,2013年于纽约大学Stern商学院获博士学位。王静教授的主要研究方向为数字化平台,在线知识社区、众筹、众包、社交网络与数据挖掘。她的研究成果发表在PNAS,Management Science(3篇),Information Systems Research和Journal of Management Information Systems等顶级期刊上。她是MIS Quarterly(MISQ)的副编辑(AE),荣获MISQ最佳副编辑(2021),ISS Management Science Best Paper Award等奖励。