Impact of Legal Threats on Online Music Sharing Activity: An Analysis of Music Industry Legal Actions

Bhattacharjee, Sudip; Gopal, Ram D.; Lertwachara, Kaveepan; Marsden, James R.

doi:10.2139/ssrn.816704

Cited by 26 publications

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“…For example, Oberholzer-Gee and Strumpf claim that ''[w]hile the majority of papers reports some sales displacement, the four studies using actual measures of file-sharing find that file-sharing is unrelated to changes in sales'' and the Andersen and Frenz study is not even included in this group. The studies that Oberholzer-Gee and Strumpf reference in this quote (in addition to their own 2007 article) are as follows: Bhattacharjee et al (2006), Tanaka (2004) and Smith and Telang (2008). The reader may ask why I am not including these three studies in the list of studies not finding harm from file-sharing.…”

Section: Applying the Metric To The Literaturementioning

confidence: 98%

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How much of the decline in sound recording sales is due to file-sharing?

Liebowitz

2014

J Cult Econ

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Although most studies of file-sharing have concluded that file-sharing has decreased record sales, the extent of the decreased sales often seems uneven. This paper demonstrates that the results are more uniform than previously understood once a consistent metric is used to provide easy comparability across studies. This paper uses the percent of the decline in record sales that is due to file-sharing as a metric to translate the results of the literature into a common framework and then summarizes those results. What has not been previously noted is that the estimates from most studies imply that the impact of file-sharing was sufficient to have caused the entire decline in record sales that occurred from the advent of Napster up to about 2005. A smaller number of studies using post-2005 data indicate that the shift to digital formats may also have contributed to the sales decline that continued after 2005.

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Section: Applying the Metric To The Literaturementioning

confidence: 98%

“…First, I did not include Bhattacharjee et al (2006) because that article does not conclude that the impact of file-sharing on sales is benign. Here is how Dr. Bhattacharjee characterized his article's results:…”

Section: Applying the Metric To The Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

How much of the decline in sound recording sales is due to file-sharing?

Liebowitz

2014

J Cult Econ

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“…Bhattacharjee et al (2006) tracked the file-sharing activities of 2056 people before and after RIAA-related lawsuits and found that respondents' sharing behavior decreased significantly around the time of RIAA legislative activity but then, after a period of time, returned to its original level. To the best of our knowledge, no such longitudinal studies with educational strategies have been conducted, but, based on our results, perhaps a different approach would be more suitable-one focused not on preventing piracy from occurring but on offering better service value than that promised by pirating files (Jeong and Khouja 2013).…”

Section: Managerial Implicationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

One Sail Fits All? A Psychographic Segmentation of Digital Pirates

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Kenhove

2015

J Bus Ethics

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This paper focuses on segmenting digital movie and TV series pirates and on investigating the effectiveness of piracy-combatting measures i.e., legal and educational strategies, in light of these segments. To address these research objectives, two online studies were conducted. First, 1277 valid responses were gathered with an online survey. Four pirate segments were found based on differing combinations of attitude toward piracy, ethical evaluation of piracy and feelings of guilt. The anti-pirate, conflicted pirate, cavalier pirate, and die-hard pirate can be placed on a continuum of increasing pirating frequency, subjective norm, pirating self-efficacy, habit, and decreasing in perceived harm, respectively. The segments also differ in deontological and teleological orientations. Second, in an experimental mixed design, we find that the educational strategy is more effective than the legal strategy in lowering pirating intentions for the conflicted and cavalier pirate. However, both strategies fail at lowering intentions of the die-hard pirate, although perceived harm and perceived impunity were significantly influenced. These findings offer a more profound understanding of pirate segments and how they react differently to piracy-combatting measures. As a result, better strategies can be developed to control digital piracy.

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“…In 2001, the RIAA began pursuing lawsuits against firms that facilitate music piracy, and in 2003, the RIAA began pursuing lawsuits against suspected large-scale individual file-sharers, and continues to this day. While studies have shown some reduction in file-sharing, the extent of file-sharing remains substantial (Bhattacharjee et al 2006). Yet, despite these actions, the RIAA acknowledges the value of the Internet as a medium for disseminating music and strongly supports fee-based online music services that provide a legal alternative to file-sharing.…”

Section: The Role Of Technology In Musicmentioning

confidence: 99%