Why the music industry may gain from free downloading - The role of sampling

International Journal of Industrial Organization

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 907-913

  Peitz, Martin ^a   Waelbroeck, Patrick ^b  

^a International University in Germany   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

File sharing; Information transmission; Music; P2P; Piracy; Sampling

Indexed keywords

FILE-SHARING; INFORMATION TRANSMISSION; P2P; PIRACY;

COMPUTER MUSIC; CONSUMER PRODUCTS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; SAMPLING;

SECURITY OF DATA;

EID: 33746624767     PISSN: 01677187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijindorg.2005.10.006     Document Type: Article

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