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Liebowitz (2006a) | |
Title: | Economists Examine File-Sharing and Music Sales |
Author(s): | Liebowitz, S. J. |
Year: | 2006 |
Citation: | Liebowitz, S. J. (2006). Economists examine file-sharing and music sales.Industrial organization and the digital economy, 145-174. |
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Linked by: | Bhattacharjee, Gopal, Lertwachara, Marsden and Telang (2007), Danaher, Smith, Telang and Chen (2012), Depoorter and Walker (2013), Handke (2012b), Hennig-Thurau, Henning and Sattler (2007), Herz and Kiljański (2016), Leung (2009), Liebowitz (2018), Liu (2015), Mateus and Peha (2008), Shang, Chen and Chen (2008), Thomes (2013), Van Eijk, Poort and Rutten (2010), Waldfogel (2009), Watson, Zizzo and Fleming (2016) |
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Data Description: | Data includes a literature review of various recent studies and analyses examining the impact of file-sharing on record sales. |
Data Type: | Primary and Secondary data |
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Cross Country Study?: | No |
Comparative Study?: | No |
Literature review?: | Yes |
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Abstract
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Main Results of the Study
- The theory underlying the analysis of file-sharing has not received the attention it deserved. It has always been clear that some possible aspects of file-sharing would harm copyright owners, such as the substitution of copies for the purchase of originals.
- What has not been understood is that the use of file-sharing to sample products is also likely to lead to harm to copyright owners. Theoretical conditions under which file-sharing might be beneficial to copyright holders seem farfetched.
- A broad analysis of the various theoretical factors at work supports a view that file-sharing is likely to cause serious damage to the owners of copyright materials that are shared.
- Empirical examinations need to meet a higher hurdle than normal before they might be considered to over tern the expectation that the birth of file sharing leads to the subsequent decline in CD sales.
- The political arena is impatient in its search for an answer and for academics to reach unanimity. In any case, it seems that file-sharing hurts copyright owners and that it is responsible for most, if not all, of the recent decline in sales.
Policy Implications as Stated By Author
More empirical studies are needed to fully understand the impact of file-sharing.