File-sharing and copyright
By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee, Koleman Strumpf
Contributors: Strumpf, Koleman; Harvard Business School
Series: Working paper / Harvard Business School -- 09-132; Working paper (Harvard Business School) -- 09-132.
Publisher: Harvard Business School
Published: 2009
Place of publication: [Boston]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 45
Description: The advent of file-sharing technology has allowed consumers to copy music, books, video games and other protected works on an unprecedented scale at minimal cost. In this essay, we ask whether the new technology has undermined the incentives of authors and entertainment companies to create, market and distribute new works. While the empirical evidence of the effect of file sharing on sales is mixed, many studies conclude that music piracy can perhaps explain as much as one fifth of the recent decline in industry sales.
Notes: "May 2009"--Publisher's website.

Includes bibliographical references.