What can we learn from the available data?

Mike PalmedoJune 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)

Firms Includes these industries

Media 1207 Advertising & MarketingBroadcastingEntertainment ProductionPublishingDiversified Media

Software and Computer Services 2224 IT Services & ConsultingSoftware

Technology Hardware and Equipment 1877 Communications EquipmentComputer HardwareOffice EquipmentSemiconductors Semiconductor Equipment & Testing

Mobile Telecommunications 229 Integrated Telecomm. ServicesWireless Telecomm. Services

Unique time series from countries recently that adopted fair use

Country Media Sector

Software & IT Services

Hardware Mobile Telecom

Singapore 6 23 40 5Israel 4 45 37 6Taiwan 13 50 444 3Malaysia 10 67 25 8Korea 43 127 207 7Philippines 7 16 4 4

Unique time series from BRICSCountry Media

SectorSoftware & IT Services

Hardware Mobile Telecom

Brazil 3 5 3 5Russia 4 9 5 4India 65 216 41 7China 55 171 128 9South Africa

7 21 6 4

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)

Firms Includes these industries

Publishing, printing and reproduction of recorded media

1347 PublishingPrinting and service activities related to printingReproduction of recorded media

Computer related activities 1653 Hardware consultancySoftware publishing, consultancy and supplyData processingDatabase activities and online distribution of electronic contentMaintenance and repair of office, accounting and computing machinery

Firms in Enterprise 2006-2014 Dataset in Selected Countries and Sectors

Publishing & Media Computer Services

Argentina 20 42

Brazil 20 110

Chile 28 37

China 26 141

Colombia 18 36

Kenya 13 9

Mexico 13 73

Nigeria 13

Philippines 17 73

Russia 104 135

Vietnam 6 7