The Impact of Music Downloads and P2P File-Sharing on the Purchase of Music: A Study for Industry Canada

Description: Industry Canada undertook a music file sharing study during 2006-07 to measure the extent to which music downloads over peer-to-peer file sharing networks, for which the sound recording industry receives no remuneration, affect music purchasing activity in Canada. The data used for this analysis are from a Decima Research survey conducted between April and June, 2006, on behalf of Industry Canada. The report, prepared by University of London researchers, Birgitte Andersen and Marion Frenz, found that music downloads have a positive effect on music purchases among Canadian downloaders but that there is no effect taken over the entire population aged 15 and over.

by

Birgitte Andersen* and Marion Frenz**

Department of Management
Birkbeck, University of London
Malet Street, Bloomsbury
LONDON WC1E 7HX, England, UK

*Reader in the Economics and Management of Innovation, and
Director of E-Business Programmes
Tel: +44 (0)20 7631 6848
b.andersen@bbk.ac.uk

** Lecturer in Management
Tel: +44 (0)20 7631 6829
m.frenz@bbk.ac.uk

Table of Contents

• Abstract
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Hypotheses: theoretical focus and empirical review
• 3. Data and methodology
• 4. Results
• 5. Summary of findings
• References
• Tables
• Appendices
  • Appendix 1
  • Appendix 2
  • Appendix 3
  • Appendix 4
  • Appendix 5

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