Music file sharing and sales displacement in the iTunes era

2010 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 306-314 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joel Waldfogel
Keyword(s):  
File Sharing ◽  
Music File

The Big Bumpy Shift: Digital Music via Mobile Internet (originally published in December 2000)

First Monday ◽  
2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel P. Dolan
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
File Sharing ◽  
The United States ◽  
Mobile Internet ◽  
Mobile Telephone ◽  
Digital Music ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Internet Technologies ◽  
Mobile Telephones ◽  
Music File

This paper is included in the First Monday Special Issue: Music and the Internet, published in July 2005. Special Issue editor David Beer asked authors to submit additional comments regarding their articles. When I wrote this essay in late 2000, mobile Internet services via mobile telephone in Japan were booming. Meanwhile, young music lovers in the United States were enjoying a frenzy of music file sharing via personal computer. My central question was this: Would these two trans-pacific trends morph into a huge global mobile music phenomenon? I predicted in my essay that digital music over mobile telephones would indeed be very big, but that due to potholes and blind corners this inevitable ride would be difficult: the big bumpy shift. Looking back five years later, for Japan the shift to mobile Internet music has been big, but for the United States it has been bumpy. The key differences are (1) Japan’s 84 million mobile Internet users; (2) Japan’s lead in mobile telephone technology; and (3) Japan’s telecoms, music labels and third party developers quickly agreed to cooperate on ring tone services. But ring tones are yesterday. The future is full-song file downloads to mobile telephones. Already in Japan, one million full-song (AAC+) files per month have been downloaded since November 2004—and that is only for KDDI, one of Japan’s three major carriers. Now that is big. The promise and rise of mobile Internet technologies and markets will be remembered as one of the most profound global information technology developments of the next few years. Mobile Internet technologies and practical applications necessary for widespread public use are advancing rapidly in Japan and are likely to catch on quickly in other countries. The remarkable adoption of mobile Internet in Japan and the popularity of digital music file sharing services such as Napster in the United States create a situation in which powerful synergies are possible between these two fundamental forces. Digital music via mobile Internet creates attractive opportunities for music artists, music consumers, entrepreneurs, and major music labels facing an uncertain future for music industry distribution practices. The realization of such opportunities depends not only on technological and business innovations, but also on the willingness among all parties involved to collaborate in equitable and valuable ways.

Covering music file-sharing and the future of innovation

First Monday ◽  
2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adrienne Russell
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
New Media ◽  
New York Times ◽  
File Sharing ◽  
Los Angeles Times ◽  
Online Music ◽  
Alternative Sources ◽  
Music File ◽  
Mainstream Press

This paper explores the coverage of file–sharing from before the RIAA/Napster trial of 2000, drawing on interviews with journalists from the New York Times, Wired, Salon and the Los Angeles Times and on analysis of their stories and columns of opinion. It argues the file–sharing story saw “establishment” journalists unapologetically move away from long–established norms of journalism — by relying on alternative sources and by frankly including their own points of view, for example. The course of the stories these journalists produced points to the tensions that continue to mount in the new–media news landscape and to the forces that shape stories in the mainstream press. For more than a decade U.S. journalists lingered on the margins of profound questions about the limits of freedom under the rule of the market. Yet, with the emergence of the recording industry into the online music scene, journalists backed off, leaving the questions they raised unanswered and the larger issues behind the questions mostly unaddressed.

Securities Price Effects of Napster-Related Events

2005 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 167-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Farshid Navissi ◽  
Vic Naiker ◽  
Stewart Upson
Keyword(s):  
Stock Prices ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Music Industry ◽  
File Sharing ◽  
The Other ◽  
Excess Returns ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Total Capital ◽  
Music File ◽  
The U.S

Napster released its controversial peer-to-peer music file sharing software to the public in June 1999, and after approximately two years of intense debates and legal battles it was eventually ordered to shut down in February 2001. The opponents of Napster (e.g., the Recording Industry Association of America, RIAA, and Metallica Lars Ulrich) suggested that Napster had collapsed the business structure of the U.S. multibillion-dollar music industry. Napster, on the other hand, argued that its service had increased the music sales. We use Napster as a proxy for diffuse piracy through the Internet since it was the conduit for individual file sharing on a large scale. We examine the effects of 11 prominent Napster-related events on the equity value of firms in the U.S. music industry. If Napster's service stimulated (harmed) music sales, then events that increased (decreased) the effectiveness of Napster would improve (reduce) the stock prices of the music firms. Our evidence suggests that events that increased the effectiveness of Napster as a distribution mechanism improved the stock prices of the music firms. Additionally, the evidence indicates that events that threatened Napster's survival resulted in decreases in the stock prices of the music firms. Music firms in the sample experienced negative excess returns ranging from minus;1.76 percent to minus;10.69 percent in response to anti-Napster events. On the other hand, retreats from anti-Napster events were accompanied by positive excess returns ranging from +0.56 percent to +5.05 percent. The seven anti-Napster events resulted in a total capital loss in excess of $18 billion and the four pro-Napster events created wealth in excess of $9 billion, compared to the total market capitalization of $101 billion for the sample firms.

scholarly journals STUDENT’S ATTITUDE TOWARDS PEER-TO-PEER MUSIC FILE SHARING AND DOWNLOADING FROM INTERNET-A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY OF AMERICAN AND MOROCCAN STUDENTS

2014 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Talha Harcar ◽  
Keyword(s):  
File Sharing ◽  
Legal Aspects ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Frequency Distributions ◽  
American Students ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Music File ◽  
The Web

Purpose: The main aim of this study is to compare two different cultures in terms of ethical and legal use of music sharing technology. Students’ perceptions of downloading from the web and sharing music with each other varies across cultures. Such practices have caused significant losses to the music and film industry. Methodology/Sampling: Primary data was collected from Morocco and US university students on a pretested questionnaire. Besides frequency distributions, chi-square, t-test and confirmatory factor analysis were used as inferential tools. Findings: Results showed a considerable difference in between Moroccan and American students’ attitude in terms of music files sharing and downloading. To Compare to Moroccans, American students were more aware of ethical, and legal aspects of music file sharing and download from the web. Practical Implications: Research findings suggests music industry should focus on making music products more affordable and create awareness towards music piracy through promotional campaigns keeping in mind the cultural differences of end users. The research findings will set a platform for further comparative studies in the same context.

Voluntary collective licensing for music file sharing

2004 ◽  
Vol 47 (10) ◽  
pp. 21-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fred von Lohmann
Keyword(s):  
File Sharing ◽  
Music File

Overlay Structure Efficiency in Peer-to-peer File-Sharing Networks

2011 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 16-21
Author(s):  
G.V. Poryev ◽  
Keyword(s):  
File Sharing ◽  
Peer To Peer

A New Technique for File Sharing Mechanism Ad hoc Networks

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
N. Lavanya ◽  
M. Balakrishna
Keyword(s):  
Ad Hoc Networks ◽  
Network Coding ◽  
Wireless Ad Hoc Networks ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
File Sharing ◽  
New Technique ◽  
Peer To Peer Systems ◽  
A New Technique ◽  
Hoc Networks ◽  
Outgoing Channel

Network coding is a data transmission technique which allows intermediate nodes in a network to re-code data in transit. In contrast to traditional network communication where a node repeats incoming data to its outgoing channel without modifying the payload, a node implementing network coding not only repeats but also alters data. Network coding has been demonstrated to increase network throughput compared to the traditional forwarding transmission. It has potentially broad applications in many areas, including traditional computer networks, wireless ad-hoc networks, and peer to peer systems. This paper process a new technique for file sharing in P2P.

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