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This paper investigates the effects of illegal file sharing (piracy) on music and movie sales. The Swedish … effects on music and movie sales in Sweden. We find that the reform decreased Internet traffic by 18 percent during the … subsequent six months. It also increased sales of physical music by 27 percent and digital music by 48 percent. Furthermore, it …
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This paper investigates the effects of illegal file sharing (piracy) on music and movie sales. The Swedish … effects on music and movie sales in Sweden. We find that the reform decreased Internet traffic by 18 percent during the … subsequent six months. It also increased sales of physical music by 27 percent and digital music by 48 percent. Furthermore, it …
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In this guide, we discuss the impact of digitalization on the music industry. We rely on market and survey data at the … technological protection of digital music and describes new business models as well as consumers' attitude towards music downloads … and audio-streaming. We conclude the guide by a discussion of the evolution of the music industry. …
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This article reviews recent theoretical contributions on digital piracy. It starts by elaborating on the reasons for intellectual property protection, by reporting a few facts about copyright protection, and by examining reasons to become a digital pirate. Next, it provides an exploration of the...
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This paper investigates the upcoming business model of online streaming services allowing music consumers either to … subscribe to a service which provides free-of-charge access to streaming music and which is funded by advertising, or to pay a … businesses will be launched by a single provider of streaming music. By imposing a two-sided market model on the one hand …
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This paper presents a theory of vertically interrelated markets of identical fixed size under implementation of positive indirect network effects. By introducing two Salop circles, a two-sided market model is provided, where intermediaries of differentiated copyrights for intellectual property,...
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This article analyzes William Baumol's contributions to economics ethics and to business ethics. Furthermore, it …
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and methods of reasoning. He participated in the Bloomsbury Group. He developed a distinct view on ethics, egoism …
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By using a choice experiment, this paper focuses on citizens' preferences for effort-sharing rules of how carbon abatement should be shared among countries. We find that Swedes do not rank the rule favoring their own country highest. Instead, they prefer the rule where all countries are allowed...
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