What can we learn from the available data? Mike Palmedo June 9, 2014

Three main questions Do changes to user rights in law and practice affect creator/consumers? Do changes to user rights in law and practice affect intermediaries? Do changes to user rights in law and practice affect copyright-intensive industries?

Thomson Reuters Data: What variables? The dataset is designed for traders, so much of the data may be off topic. However, firm level data on the following is available: Sales Net Income R&D Employees Assets Exports

Thomson Reuters Data: What Countries? Developed: All Listed Companies Emerging: All Listed Companies Partial: Countries over a certain amount of market capitalization Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States Argentina, Bahrain, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, China, Colombia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Iceland, Indonesia, Jordan, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mexico, Oman, Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Russian Federation, South Africa, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, UAE, Vietnam India, Bolivia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Botswana, Cote D'ivoire, Croatia, Ecuador, Egypt, Fiji, Ghana, Guyana, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Macedonia, Malawi, Mauritius, Montenegro, Morocco, Namibia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestine, Peru, Romania, Serbia, Swaziland, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Ukraine, Venezuela, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Paraguay, Syria

Thomson Reuters Data: What Industries? Thomson industry “sector” (very broad) FirmsIncludes these industries Media1207Advertising & Marketing Broadcasting Entertainment Production Publishing Diversified Media Software and Computer Services2224IT Services & Consulting Software Technology Hardware and Equipment1877Communications Equipment Computer Hardware Office Equipment Semiconductors Semiconductor Equipment & Testing Mobile Telecommunications229Integrated Telecomm. Services Wireless Telecomm. Services

Unique time series from countries recently that adopted fair use CountryMedia Sector Software & IT Services HardwareMobile Telecom Singapore Israel Taiwan Malaysia Korea Philippines71644

Unique time series from BRICS CountryMedia Sector Software & IT Services HardwareMobile Telecom Brazil3535 Russia4954 India China South Africa 72164

Word Bank Enterprise Data: What countries, and time periods? Data from surveys conducted by contractors for the World Bank. Includes 135 countries, with focus on global south. Not time series, but for many countries, will have 2 observations from 2006 to present (for others, there may be only one time period)

World Bank Enterprise Data: What variables/questions? Includes Thomson-like data on sales, R&D, exports, employees. Also has many other survey questions that may be of interest to this project. For example: Portion of sales made in the informal sector Degree to which “theft” is an obstacle Skilled v. less skilled employees Introduction of new products or services in the last 1 or 3 years Use of foreign-licensed technologies

World Bank Enterprise Data: What industries? ISIC Rev 3.1 industry division at 2-Digit level (very broad) FirmsIncludes these industries Publishing, printing and reproduction of recorded media 1347Publishing Printing and service activities related to printing Reproduction of recorded media Computer related activities1653Hardware consultancy Software publishing, consultancy and supply Data processing Database activities and online distribution of electronic content Maintenance and repair of office, accounting and computing machinery

Firms in Enterprise Dataset in Selected Countries and Sectors Publishing & MediaComputer Services Argentina2042 Brazil20110 Chile2837 China26141 Colombia1836 Kenya139 Mexico1373 Nigeria13 Philippines1773 Russia Vietnam67