The objective of this paper is to document the evolution of cross-border music trade patterns in this transition period … and to explain what drives digital music trade patterns. The shift from analogue to digital music distribution has … substantially reduced trade costs and has enlarged the choice sets of music consumers around the world. Using comprehensive data on …

Since the launch of the iTunes Music Store in the US in 2003 and in much of Europe in the following years, music trade …. Despite substantial growth in availability, the available choice sets of digital music have not fully converged across … often perceived as an obstacle to greater availability. However, other factors such as commercial strategies by music …

disruptive technology for the music industry. Still, the outlook for the music market in 2005 is positive due to rapidly … increasing sales of (mobile) digital music services. …

Digitization of music and the Internet have fundamentally disrupted the music industry by altering the way music is … packaged, distributed, and consumed. These disruptive innovations have enabled music to be purchased as an individual song … (digital single) or as an album (digital album) or to be enjoyed without paying for it (unlicensed digital music). Prior to …