An Empirical Analysis of Copyright Protection Performance in Strategic Litigation: The Story of the Copyright Troll

WEI Jian; TIAN Yan-mei

Volume 37 Issue 2

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WEI Jian, TIAN Yan-mei. An Empirical Analysis of Copyright Protection Performance in Strategic Litigation: The Story of the Copyright Troll[J]. Journal of Guangdong University of Finance & Economics, 2022, 37(2): 88-99.

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WEI Jian, TIAN Yan-mei. An Empirical Analysis of Copyright Protection Performance in Strategic Litigation: The Story of the Copyright Troll[J]. Journal of Guangdong University of Finance & Economics, 2022, 37(2): 88-99.

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An Empirical Analysis of Copyright Protection Performance in Strategic Litigation: The Story of the Copyright Troll

WEI Jian¹,
TIAN Yan-mei^2
,

1.
Editorial Department, Journal of Shandong University (Philosophy and Social Sciences), Jinan 250100
2.
School of Economics and Trade, Shandong Management University, Jinan 250357, China

Received Date: 2021-12-10
Available Online: 2022-04-24
Publish Date: 2022-03-28

Abstract

Abstract

Based on the data of judicial judgments on copyright infringement from 2015 to 2020, this paper empirically discusses the copyright protection performance of strategic litigants. The results show that strategic litigants make full use of the system rules to obtain benefits mainly through multiple and standardized litigation strategies, and they are superior to ordinary litigants with regard to winning rate, compensation judgment and judge's harshness; after the copyright incident of "Photo of the Black Hole", although the amount of court decision has decreased, the winning rate is still high, and the judge's harshness of picture strategic litigants has not decreased significantly. Strategic litigants show their professional level of rights protection, which effectively makes up for the lack of effective copyright protection of collective management institutions. After promoting the advantages and eliminating the disadvantages, strategic litigants can give full play to the market-oriented rights protection function and promote the overall improvement of copyright protection in China.
- copyright troll,
- strategic litigation,
- court decisions,
- copyright protection,
- copyright infringement,
- copyright,
- Law and Economics

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