Economic Impact of Options for Reforming the Private Copying Regime

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Prepared for Industry Canada
Ronald Hirshhorn
December 2005

Table of contents

Executive Summary

1. Introduction
2. Background
3. Study Approach
4. Limiting the Private Copying Regime to Copying from Authorized Sources
   • 4.1 Baseline Model
   • 4.2 Growth Model
5. Limiting the Regime to Authorized Sources & Providing National Treatment to Performers and Makers from WPPT Countries
   • 5.1 Baseline Model
   • 5.2 Growth Model
6. Alternative Options Involving National Treatment for Performers and Makers
7. Overview of Impacts
8. Potential Impact on Non-Regime Royalties
9. Conclusions

References

• Appendix A: Calculation of Adjustment Factors to be Applied in Valuation Model for Regime Applying to Copying from Authorized Sources
• Appendix B: Impact of Alternative Options Involving National Treatment for Performers and Makers

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