The goal of this paper is to analyze the behavior of digital music consumers on the Internet. Using clickstream data on … the legal purchases of digital music. Our results suggest that Internet users do not view illegal downloading as a … substitute to legal digital music. Although positive and significant, our estimated elasticities are essentially zero: a 10 …

The music industry is facing the development of online P2P networks, direct download services and other forms of … digital piracy, while at the same time the format and promotion of pre-recorded music are undergoing major transformations …. The chapter is organized as follows. First, I analyze how digital piracy and digital music distribution are changing the …

The objective of this paper is to document the evolution of cross-border music trade patterns in this transition period … and to explain what drives digital music trade patterns. The shift from analogue to digital music distribution has … substantially reduced trade costs and has enlarged the choice sets of music consumers around the world. Using comprehensive data on …

The EU seeks to create a seamless online Digital Single Market for media products such as digital music and film. The … digital music and film. We find that availability of EU media products across country stores in the EU is hovering around 80 …% for music and 40% for films. Recent industry initiatives to reduce the transaction costs of making digital music available …

We test the concept of contestability in the digital music player market. The theory suggests that the threat of new …. The portable music player market has been dominated by one producer. We estimate a quality-adjusted price index from 2002 …