In case of digital goods such like music, intellectual property rights are typically not exerted by the creators …

Despite numerous studies on skill development, we know little about the causal effects of music training on cognitive … and non-cognitive skills. This study examines how long-term music training during childhood and youth affects the …-Economic Panel (SOEP). Our findings suggest that adolescents with music training have better cognitive skills and school grades and …

The use of file-sharing technologies, so-called Peer-to-Peer (P2P) networks, to copy music files has become common …

This study investigates the dose-response effects of making music on youth development. Identification is based on the …

-run comparisons with other data. We construct a new measure based on the emotional content of music. We first trained a machine … learning model using 191 different audio features embedded within music and use this model to construct a long-run Music … satisfaction and outperforms an equivalent text-based measure. Our results have implications for the role of music in society, and …

Since the launch of the iTunes Music Store in the US in 2003 and in much of Europe in the following years, music trade …. Despite substantial growth in availability, the available choice sets of digital music have not fully converged across … often perceived as an obstacle to greater availability. However, other factors such as commercial strategies by music …

During the last few decades, the internet and digital technology have fundamentally changed the global music industry …. As a consequence, new companies and novel business models have emerged. Spotify, one of the new players in the music … solutions for artists and music producers alike. This case study describes the development of the music industry before the …