The Effect of Internet Piracy on Cd Sales: Cross-Section Evidence

By Martin Peitz, Patrick Waelbroeck. Social Science Research Network, 2004

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We use a 1998-2002 cross-section dataset to analyze the claim of losses due to internet piracy made by the record industry. The results suggest that internet piracy played a significant role in the decline in music sales during the early days of file-sharing networks.

Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Information Systems

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Consumer File Sharing of Motion Pictures (2007, background): “…first group reports a negative impact of music file sharing on industry sales (Liebowitz 2006; Michel 2006; Montoro-Pons and Cuadrado-García 2006; Peitz and Waelbroeck 2004; Zentner 2006), but these studies all rely on aggregate household Internet penetration in a given city as a proxy for file…”
An Economist's Guide to Digital Music (2004, background): “As a first attempt, in Peitz and Waelbroeck (2004), we try to estimate the effect of music downloads on CD sales, controlling for other factors during the period 2000-2001 for which we have cross-country survey data on music downloads.”
The Motion Picture Industry: Critical Issues in Practice, Current Research, and New Research Directions (2006, background): “Prag and Casavant (1994), Zufryden (1996; 2000), and Moul (2004) all found evidence for a positive relationship between advertising and weekly or cumulative revenues.”
How to Best Ensure Remuneration for Creators in the Market for Music? Copyright and its Alternatives (2006, methodology): “Peitz and Waelbroeck (2004) use C© 2006 The Authors Journal compilation C© 2006 Blackwell Publishing Ltd data from 16 countries for the period 1998–2002.”
Understanding digital content marketing (2008, background): “Other more specific concerns relate to the impact of peer-to-peer file sharing, and CD burning on music sales and the free availability of news content on newspaper revenues (Andersson and Rosenqvist 2006; Clemens et al. 2002; Fetscherin and Knolmayer 2004; Kaiser 2006; Peitz and Waelbroeck 2004).”
File Sharing: Creative Destruction or Just Plain Destruction?* (2006, background): “…but are not limited to, the two very fine empirical examinations found in this issue—one by Rafael Rob and Joel Waldfogel (2006) and the other by Alejandro Zentner (2006; see also Blackburn 2004; Hong 2004; Michel 2005; Oberholzer-Gee and Strumpf 2005; Peitz and Waelbroeck 2004; Zentner 2005).”