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Takeyama, Lisa N. --- "Preface" [2005] ELECD 85; in Takeyama, N. Lisa; Gordon, J. Wendy; Towse, Ruth (eds), "Developments in the Economics of Copyright" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2005)

Book Title: Developments in the Economics of Copyright

Editor(s): Takeyama, N. Lisa; Gordon, J. Wendy; Towse, Ruth

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781843769309

Section Title: Preface

Author(s): Takeyama, Lisa N.

Number of pages: 2

Extract:

Preface
Lisa N. Takeyama

The Society for Economic Research on Copyright Issues (SERCI) was
established in 2001 as a response to the surging interest in copyright and the
expanding body of research applying economic analysis and theory to
copyright issues. As stated on the society's website (www.serci.org),
SERCI's objective is to actively promote and internationally distribute
quality academic research that relates economic theory to all aspects of
copyright and intellectual property of a cultural nature.
Since its inception, SERCI has held annual international congresses in
Spain, the USA, and Italy. From these congresses, two collections of papers
have been published, including the present book. Additionally, SERCI
takes great pride in the launch of its new journal entitled, Review of
Economic Research on Copyright Issues (RERCI). Its inaugural issue has
already appeared, and RERCI will now appear twice yearly.
The first book-length collection of papers, The Economics of Copyright:
Developments in Research and Analysis (2003), edited by Wendy J. Gordon
and Richard Watt and published by Edward Elgar, contains papers selected
from the inaugural SERCI congress held in Madrid in 2002. The present
book presents further developments in the economics of copyright. It con-
tains selections from the second annual SERCI congress held in
Northampton, Massachusetts, in 2003. Both congresses were richly fueled
by the productive interactions among the many economists, legal scholars,
and other copyright professionals present.
The chapters in this book, each of which has undergone peer-review and
revision, consider a wide variety ...