Elvis Is Returning to the Building: Understanding a Decline in Unauthorized File Sharing

Joost Poort and Jarst Weda

Journal of Media Economics, 2015, vol. 28, issue 2, 63-83

Abstract: A set of representative consumer surveys shows that in the Netherlands unauthorized file sharing of music has declined substantially between 2008 and 2012. It decreased slightly for games, but almost doubled for films and TV series. Overall, file sharing dropped from 38% to 27% of the population. The empirical evidence presented supports the hypothesis that adequate legal services for downloading and streaming music helped to reduce file sharing, whereas a lack of good digital audiovisual services made consumers turn to illegal alternatives.

Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1080/08997764.2015.1031904

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