Protection of Publishers' Rights in e-Books -An Economic Analysis of Neighboring Rights-
分析了拟议中的邻接权（类似版权的保护）对电子出版的影响，发现该法律变更虽能提升社会福利，但会减少作者和出版商的利润，且若版权扩展至电子出版，由作者保留电子书出版权优于出版商同时经营纸质和电子出版。
We analyze neighboring rights which are under consideration as a change in copyright law to promote electronic publishing. If publishers are allocated neighboring rights similar to copyright protection, they will be able to reach publishing agreements with electronic book providers, just as the authors are able to license. We compare performance of several business models that would be possible under such a legal regime. We show that such a legal change can improve social welfare but this would come at a cost of less profit for both authors and publishers. We then show that if current copyright protection is expanded to include electronic publishing, it is better to have the authors retain the right for electronic book publishing than having the publishers engage in both paper and electronic publishing.