Music file sharing and sales displacement in the iTunes era

Information Economics and Policy

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 306-314

  Waldfogel, Joel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Intellectual property piracy; ITunes; K42; L82; Recorded music

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL MUSIC; DISPLACEMENT RATE; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; EMPIRICAL LITERATURE; FILE SHARING; ITUNES; K42; L82; MUSIC FILE SHARING; MUSIC SALES; MUSIC STORES; PENNSYLVANIA; RECORDED MUSIC;

COPYRIGHTS; CRIME; PURCHASING;

SALES;

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS; LEGAL SYSTEM; MUSIC;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 78649702916     PISSN: 01676245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infoecopol.2010.02.002     Document Type: Article

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