The use of file-sharing technologies, so-called Peer-to-Peer (P2P) networks, to copy music files has become common … show that the existence of P2P networks may alter the standard business model: sampling may replace costly marketing and …

The use of file-sharing technologies, so-called Peer-to-Peer (P2P) networks, to copy music files has become common …, we show that the existence of P2P networks may alter the standard business model: sampling may replace costly marketing …

The use of file-sharing technologies, so-called Peer-to-Peer (P2P) networks, to copy music files has become common … show that the existence of P2P networks may alter the standard business model: sampling may replace costly marketing and …

Sampling poses an interesting problem in markets with experience goods. On the one hand, free samples reveal product … quality and help consumers to make informed purchase decisions (promotional effect). On the other hand, sampling may induce … digital music where consumers can sample the horizontal quality of songs by watching free music videos online. Identifi cation …

. In theory, piracy could crowd out legitimate sales by building file sharing capacity, but could also increase sales …This paper quantifies the relationship between private-network file sharing activity and music sales in the BitTorrent …

I quantify the effects of private-network music sharing on aggregate album sales in the BitTorrent era using a panel of … constraints address the simultaneity problem. In theory, private-network activity could crowd out sales by building aggregate file …

copies provide information about the originals may be useful for the analysis of digital music copying. …

This paper empirically examines how local music venues are affected by exclusive contracts used by four of the United … States' most prominent music festivals. By utilizing a unique industry and multi-year dataset, as well as variation in the … use of exclusive dealing across the country determined by the location of large music festivals, this paper adds to the …

digital music sales and piracy. While often overlooked in practice, theoretical considerations suggest that these effects may … affects music purchasing and piracy behavior. We exploit the introduction of a listening cap by the French streaming platform …Interactive music streaming services have grown tremendously in recent years, raising questions about their effects on …

This article reviews recent theoretical contributions on digital piracy. It starts by elaborating on the reasons for … pirate. Next, it provides an exploration of the consequences of digital piracy, using a base model and several extensions … (with consumer sampling, network effects, and indirect appropriation). A closer look at market-structure implications of end …