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Reference
Title: | Measuring the Effect of Music Downloads on Music Purchases |
Author: | Alejandro Zentner [University of Texas at Dallas] |
Source: | http://som.utdallas.edu/centers/capri/documents/effect_music_download.pdf |
Year: | 2005 |
Details
Subject/Type: | Piracy |
Focus: | Music |
Country/Territory: | France, Germany, International, Italy, Netherlands (Kingdom of the), Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom |
Objective: | To obtain estimates of the impact of online file sharing on music purchases. |
Sample: | 15.133 consumers from 7 European countries, aged 16+ |
Methodology: | Mail survey |
Main Findings
Illegal music downloading was found to decrease the probability of buying music by 30%. According to the author’s calculations, without downloads, music sales in 2002 would have been around 7.8% higher.
[Date Added: Jan 20, 2009 ]