I quantify the effects of private-network music sharing on aggregate album sales in the BitTorrent era using a panel of US sales and private-network downloads for 2,109 albums during 2008. Exogenous shocks to the network's sharing constraints address the simultaneity problem. In theory,...

Die Webwirtschaft läuft Gefahr, ähnlich wie die Finanzwirtschaft, in sich zusammenzufallen. Gegen das Hauptübel, die Gratisangebote und die Jagd nach ihnen, geht die Autorin schonungslos vor - alles ökonomisch begründet.

This article highlights the limited protection available to sports webcasters and organizers against online piracy of their webcasts under the Indian copyright law. It posits that with growing popularity of digital viewership of sports events, this lacuna has created an uneven playing field...

Despite government policies targeting it, digital piracy remains rampant. Academic research has not reached a consensus on whether piracy is harmful to the affected firms or industries. This study constructs a new piracy index based on internet search frequency in China that reflects the...

Consumer risk from internet services continues to be an urgent and pressing policy issue for governments, especially in the rapidly growing Asia-Pacific region. Numerous incidents of ransomware and DDoS attacks continue to fill the pages of newspapers. COVID-19 lockdowns have further accelerated...

The ability to digitize information goods such as music and movies and the growing accessibility of the Internet has led to the emergence of a new class of retailers that specialize in digital downloads. The digital retailers have changed the dynamics of the information goods distribution...

Purpose – This study aims to examine the role of product attributes, applying the multi-attribute model, on consumers' decisions to download digital music via unauthorised sources in the UK. Design/methodology/approach – The data were collected through an online survey. Consumer choice was...