The Effect of P2P File Sharing on Music Markets: A Survival Analysis of Albums on Ranking Charts

Sudip Bhattacharjee, Ram D. Gopal, Kaveepan Lertwachara, James R. Marsden and Rahul Telang
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Sudip Bhattacharjee: School of Business, University of Connecticut
Ram D. Gopal: School of Business, University of Connecticut
Kaveepan Lertwachara: School of Business, University of Connecticut
James R. Marsden: School of Business, University of Connecticut

No 05-26, Working Papers from NET Institute

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: peer-to-peer; digitized music; online file sharing; survival. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 24 pages
Date: 2005-10, Revised 2005-10
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