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The Effect of Internet Piracy on Music Sales: Cross-section Evidence

Year: 2004

Type: preprint

Abstract: We use a 1998-2002 cross-section dataset to analyze the claim of losses due to internet piracy made by the record industry. The results suggest that internet piracy played a significant role in the decline in music sales during the early days of file-sharing networks.

Source: SSRN Electronic Journal

Authors: Martin Peitz, Patrick Waelbroeck

Institutions: University of Mannheim, Télécom Paris

Language: English

Topic: Copyright and Intellectual Property

Subfield: Marketing

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W1924992829

Cites: 26

Cited by: 129

Related to: 10