Songs from Overseas: Music Downloading as a Marker of Migration

Findings from the Digital Music Lab in Association with Nokia at McMaster University are reported. Diasporas and migration patterns are studied by comparing the popularity of genres in their “mother” country, i.e. place of origin, with their popularity in subsequent host countries. The human stories that underlie these comparisons, whether related to work, war, famine, or simply the desire to “seek a better life” are, where possible, linked to the research findings.

Encouraging Positive Youth Video Game Activities

In todays world youth are increasingly using electronic media. School assignments include web-based research for homework, e-mail has replaced letter writing, and the convenience of instant messaging is starting to replace the telephone. Youth today are more media literate than their parents, yet the outcomes of this transition are not always positive. Youth recreation has merged with media to include video games, music downloading, and interactive websites, in many cases replacing traditional youth activities, such as basketball, swimming, or other outdoor recreation. This document is FCS2238, one of a series of the Family, Youth and Community Sciences Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Original publication date: December 2005.

Model Keperilakuan Atas Konsumsi Produk Bajakan

<p><em>Behavioral research on the case of mp3 music downloading is an interesting study since this case seems correlated to many occasions. An empiric study results that this kind of behavior happens not merely in the developed industrial countries but also in developing countries. On the one side, the results from empirical research indicates various factors, and on the other side there is research gap suitable for the observation settings in this research. This research aims to find out the behavioral models on the consumption of piracy products, especially concerning on the mp3 music downloading. This research involves a number of 100 students for the research samples, and utilizes structural analysis supported by maximum likelihood method. Indirectly, the result is reinforcing the arguments related to the various factors which is enforcing mp3 music downloading behaviors, although from the other point of view, this research found the importance of rational model on the mp3 music downloading behavior. The limitedness on this research will become a suggestion for the future research to the variable explorations and observation settings in order to support the generalization process of the results in accordance with behavioral research.</em></p><p> </p><p>Abstrak<br /> <br />Penelitian keperilakuan berkenaan dengan kasus pengunduhan file musik dalam format mp3 merupakan sebuah studi yang menarik oleh karena hal ini tampaknya berkorelasi dengan berbagai kegiatan. Hasil-hasil studi empirik menunjukkan bahwa perilaku semacam itu terjadi bukan hanya di negara-negara maju tetapi juga di negara-negara sedang berkembang. Di satu sisi, hasil-hasil penelitian empiris menunjukkan terdapat berbagai faktor, namun di sisi lain masih terdapat kesenjangan penelitian yang dapat diobservasi. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui perilaku pada konsumsi produk bajakan, terutama menyangkut pada pengunduhan file musik dalam format mp3. Penelitian ini melibatkan 100 siswa sebagai sampel penelitian dan menggunakan analisis struktural yang didukung dengan metode maximum likelihood. Secara tidak langsung, hasil penelitian ini memperkuat argumen terkait dengan berbagai faktor yang mendorong perilaku untuk mengunduh file musik dalam format mp3, meskipun dari sudut pandang lain, penelitian ini menemukan pentingnya model rasional pada perilaku mengunduh file musik dalam format mp3. Keterbatasan pada penelitian ini menjadi saran untuk penelitian masa depan, yakni berkaitan dengan eksplorasi variabel dan pengaturan observasi dalam rangka mendukung proses generalisasi penelitian keperilakuan.</p>

Challenging opportunities: When Indian regional music gets online

Along with better connectivity, massive free music downloading and streaming have reached the Himalayan ranges of the Garhwal region (North India) in the 2000s. It has been a game changer for the creation, circulation and consumption practices of Garhwali music, a repertoire sung in the local dialect. MP3s and MP4s are gradually replacing DVDs and CDs on the market, and the economic scenario is comparable to that of national creative industries: a more scattered distribution of content and profits, a tougher competition for visibility. Yet Garhwali music also faces specific challenges due to its topography, high percentage of emigrants and labeling as “regional music”; these challenges can be analyzed ethnographically from the point of view of artists and audiences. Indeed, Garhwali music’s diffusion lies increasingly in the hands of the listeners on one hand, who upload content, circulate it off-line, act as trend setters and make it a matter of collective cultural heritage; and in the hands of bigger third-party players on the other hand, who, like label T-Series, are engaged in a battle against piracy. In such online distribution channels, visibility is the key value and the law is not always the reference for authority or authorship. The situation is dire for most local artists and producers, but strategies are being experimented to take advantage of this new environment.

Assessing Empirical Relations of Music Piracy Behaviors with Lifestyle and Internet Self-Efficacy of Taiwan’s Web Users

Unlike past research on online music piracy with a focus on the economic or the legal perspective, the present study was designed to evaluate Web users’ behaviors related to the music piracy empirically. In light of the newly ratified Copyright Law in Taiwan, the behavioral intentions of Web users towards the music downloading and/or P2P file sharing were studied using a sample of 317 Taiwan’s Internet users. Results indicated that Web users were likely to reduce or modify their behaviors in order not to be in conflict with the new law. Results also showed that methods of music piracy used by respondents had nothing to do with lifestyle, but were more correlated to the Internet self-efficacy. Findings and their implications are discussed and suggestions for future work are offered in this chapter.

Consumer Decision Model of Intelectual Property Theft in Emerging Markets

The increasing importance of digital piracy has prompted research on the behavioural and economics origins of illegal downloading activities. This research focuses on the potential impact of various economic, psychological and social factors on the consumer decision whether to buy or to steal music in emerging markets. These markets present specific difficulties for owners of intellectual property rights due to the high level of both downloading and ‘sharing’ of digital property. Results indicate impacts of price, downloaded music quality, ease of Internet use, attitudes toward music industry and ethical perception of music downloading on consumer purchase or pirate decision.