We present a framework to evaluate the impact of digital music distribution. We set up a representative model that … enables the comparative static analysis. We then interpret two empirical observations about the music industry, the sales … show that enhanced copyright protection to counteract the impacts of digitalization may have an unexpected effect on the …

In case of digital goods such like music, intellectual property rights are typically not exerted by the creators … (artists) but by intermediaries. Their profits, and therefore also the income of the artists, are endangered by copyright …

It is contentious to what extent the existing copyright system contributes to the positive development of the regulated … stable according to user assessments. Countries with stronger copyright protection do not exhibit greater supply of new works …. Accordingly, the relatively strict copyright protection in some countries does not seem to promote the supply of new creative …

. Im Zusammenhang mit der Digitalisierung ist es seit Jahren strittig, inwieweit das bestehende Urheberrecht zu einer …It is contentious to what extent the existing copyright system contributes to the positive development of the regulated … stable according to user assessments. Countries with stronger copyright protection do not exhibit greater supply of new works …

This paper considers the market for digital music. We claim that the combination of the MP3 format and peer …-to-peer networks has made music non-excludable and this feature is essential for the understanding of the economics of the music market …, the music industry should concentrate on alternative ways of creating profit such as selling access to listeners, concerts …

recorded music. Incumbent companies in these industries have severe difficulties in reacting to these changes and finding … effective business models. The fundamental challenge is how to capture value from delivering digital music files which users … business models where consumers are active partners helping to co-create value along with companies. Compared to the music …