The Effect of P2P File Sharing on Music Markets: A SurvivalAnalysisofAlbums on Ranking Charts

Recent technological and market forces have profoundly impacted the music industry. Emphasizing threats from peer-to-peer (P2P) technologies, the industry continues to seek sanctions against individuals who offer significant number of songs for others to copy. Yet there is little rigorous empirical analysis of the impacts of online sharing on the success of music products. Combining data on the performance of music albums on the Billboard charts with file sharing data from a popular network, we: 1) assess the impact of recent developments related to the music industry on survival of music albums on the charts, and 2) evaluate the specific impact of P2P sharing on an album's survival on the charts. In the post P2P era, we find significantly reduced chart survival. The second phase of our study isolates the impact of file sharing on album survival. We find that sharing does not seem to hurt the survival of albums

Economy and technology as influential factors for digital piracy sustainability: An Indonesian case

This research aims to figure out whether or not economy and technology are the reasons why digital piracy keeps going on.For this research, we use research conducted by Battacharje (2003) as the main reference. In this research, we examine economic and technological factors within 12 indicators, resulting that in average, most respondents agree that the reason why they keep doing digital piracy is its influence by economic and technology factors

An investigation of the intention to share files over P2P Networks

In this research we take a comprehensive view of file-sharing over peer-to-peer (P2P) networks in order to develop a model of the intention to share files. P2P file-sharing once consisted largely of music files which, when downloaded, were an infringement of copyrights. For this reason models of file-sharing intentions often included factors and constructs representing ethical concerns. However, these models did not produce a broad agreement about whether or not those ethical concerns had significant effects on intentions. Furthermore, files now shared over P2P networks represent a significant portion of both legitimate and non-infringing files. The model we propose applies to P2P file-sharing of all files, regardless of media type, and regardless of whether they are shared legally or illegally. Lastly we present the factors from the model that were suggested to be significant from an initial pilot study

Using P2P Sharing Activity To Improve Business Decision Making: Proof Of Concept For Estimating Product Life-Cycle

Estimating the life-cycle or duration of a product can be an important input into a firm’s decision-making related to production and marketing. In the music industry, online Peer-to-Peer (P2P) networks have attracted millions of potential music consumers and have had substantial impact on the music business. In this paper, we investigate the possible use of P2P information in estimating product “shelf-life,” in particular the duration of a music album on the Billboard 100 chart. We identify and track the music albums that appear on the Top 100 of the Billboard Charts, spanning a period of six months. We show that P2P sharing activity can be used to help predict the subsequent market performance of a music album

Optimism in Music Piracy: A Pilot Study

Piracy continues to be a threat to global economy. Previous literature on factors influencing individual’s attitude towards piracy indicates that as perceived risk increases, individuals attitude of acceptance of piracy should decrease. In spite of the increased risks, some people pirate, there has been no explanation for this apparent paradox. We try to explain this paradox by using the concept of optimism bias. Results of our study show that individuals having an optimism bias engage in piracy because they consider themselves at low risk than average compared to the group

The Effect of P2P File Sharing on Music Markets: A SurvivalAnalysisofAlbums on Ranking Charts

Recent technological and market forces have profoundly impacted the music industry. Emphasizing threats from peer-to-peer (P2P) technologies, the industry continues to seek sanctions against individuals who offer significant number of songs for others to copy. Yet there is little rigorous empirical analysis of the impacts of online sharing on the success of music products. Combining data on the performance of music albums on the Billboard charts with file sharing data from a popular network, we: 1) assess the impact of recent developments related to the music industry on survival of music albums on the charts, and 2) evaluate the specific impact of P2P sharing on an album's survival on the charts. In the post P2P era, we find significantly reduced chart survival. The second phase of our study isolates the impact of file sharing on album survival. We find that sharing does not seem to hurt the survival of albums

Music Piracy Among College Students

This study explores the predictors of music piracy. Do age, gender, class rank, and major, and certain self-reported usage and knowledge factors help explain college students’ engagement in music piracy? Additionally, we seek to learn the impact of ethics, legal and social norms on illegal download intentions. A survey was constructed and completed by over two hundred college students. Data has been collected and analysis has been completed using multiple regression analysis and structured equation modeling (SEM). Findings from multiple regression analysis indicate that demographic factors are not good predictors of music piracy; however, the number of digital music files owned by an individual and the individual’s own level of knowledge about music piracy are significant predictors of the number of illegally downloaded music files possessed by the individual. This study also found through SEM that legal and ethics factors do help explain intentions toward music piracy

Music Piracy Neutralization and the Youth of the 2010\u27s

In this qualitative research, music piracy among the youth was studied by applying Sykes’ and Matza’s neutralization theory. The key objective of the study was to find out how youths view music piracy, and how they give accounts for it using techniques of neutralization. According to the conducted semi-structured interviews, youths do acknowledge the ethical and economic problems of music piracy. However, piracy is still exercised, and in order to justify this, multiple neutralization techniques are used. The most characteristic of the employed techniques was “claim of normalcy”, with “denial of victim” and “justification by comparison” also appearing frequently. In order to prevent piracy, these techniques need to be countered. The industry needs to effectively voice that “common” does not equal “right”. Recognized artists with reasonable “victim status” should relay the message

Examining the Role of Peer Influence and Self-Control on Downloading Behavior

The purpose of the present study is two-fold. First, the present study is designed to provide additional information about the link between off-line and virtual peers and music piracy. Second, the present study provides information about how off-line and virtual peers interact with self-control to understand music piracy. The results of this study show that low self-control has a link with digital piracy. This means that individuals who cannot resist temptation and do not see the consequences of their action have an increased likelihood to perform digital piracy, which is consistent with a growing literature in this area (Higgins et al. 2006; Higgins and Makin 2004a, 2004b; Higgins and Wilson 2006)

Digital Product Acquisition In The Context Of Piracy: A Proposed Model And Preliminary Findings

Ten years after the fall of Napster, digital piracy remains an issue for e-commerce firms. While scholars treat digital piracy as a behaviour that needs to be prevented or punished, the user’s decision about how to acquire a digital product involves more than the piracy option, yet the decision between piracy and legal alternatives has received limited attention. Moreover, existing models of piracy emphasize some elements of the acquisition decision, but disregard other important influences. This paper presents a model of digital product acquisition in the context of piracy, integrating elements of previous digital piracy models and expanding upon them to reflect the decision’s complexity. We depict the acquisition decision as being influenced by the user’s price perceptions, perceived risks, product desire, skills, and internal regulators of behaviour. A preliminary and partial test of the model is conducted for film and music using data collected students in at two Danish universities. The paper concludes with an outline for future research