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| Author: | Frank, B. |
| Title: | On an Art Without Copyright |
| Journal: | Kyklos
1996 : VOL. 49:1, p. 3-15 |
| Index terms: | COPYRIGHT LAW GAMES |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | For games of chess no copyright whatsoever exists: Game scores can be reprinted without the player's permission and without compensation. The leitmotif in the economic literature on copyright is the trade-off between underutilization - due to granting the (monopoly) copyrights - and underproduction due to lack of incentives without copyright. According to this approach, we should observe quantitative or qualitative deficits in the production of games of chess. However, this is not the case. Three main reasons are sketched: First, game scores are a by-product, and therefore the elasticity of supply with respect to earnings is low. Second, the perception of quality depends on ranking, and copyright cannot increase the number of top ten players. And third, copyright would even give rise to certain quality disincentives. |
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