Competing with free: The impact of movie broadcasts on DVD sales and internet piracy

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 321-338

  Smith, Michael D ^a   Telang, Rahul ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Broadcast flag; Consumer surplus; DVD sales; Information goods; Movie broadcasts; Movie piracy; Movie promotion

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER CRIME; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; CRIME; DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; MOTION PICTURES; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; SUBSCRIPTION TELEVISION; TELEVISION BROADCASTING; VIDEO RECORDING; VIDEODISKS;

CONSUMER SURPLUS; CREATIVE INDUSTRIES; DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDING; INFORMATION GOODS; MARKET SEGMENTATION; MOVIE PIRACY; MOVIE PROMOTION; PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION;

SALES;

EID: 66449097382     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/20650294     Document Type: Article

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