The move to artist-led on-line music distribution: A theory-based assessment and prospects for structural changes in the digital music market

International Journal of Electronic Commerce

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 7-38

  Bockstedt, Jesse C ^a   Kauffman, Robert J ^a   Riggins, Frederick J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital goods; Digital music; E commerce; Intermediation; Market structure; MP3s; Music distribution; Music industry; On line music; Property rights; Value chains

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745052421     PISSN: 10864415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/JEC1086-4415100301     Document Type: Article

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