Do artists benefit from online music sharing?

Journal of Business

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1503-1533

  Gopal, Ram D ^a   Bhattacharjee, Sudip ^a   Lawrence Sanders, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

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EID: 33646863472     PISSN: 00219398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/500683     Document Type: Review

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