How much of the decline in sound recording sales is due to file-sharing?
How much of the decline in sound recording sales is due to file-sharing?
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DOI：
10.1007/s10824-014-9233-2
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发表时间：
2016-02-01
影响因子：
2.7
通讯作者：
Liebowitz, Stan J.
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作者：
Liebowitz, Stan J.
尽管大多数关于文件共享的研究都得出结论，文件共享降低了唱片销售，但销售下降的程度往往不均衡。本文表明，一旦使用一致的指标来提供跨研究的简单可比性，结果比以前理解的更一致。本文使用了由于文件共享导致的唱片销售下降的百分比作为衡量标准，将文献的结果转化为一个通用框架，然后总结了这些结果。以前没有注意到的是，大多数研究的估计表明，文件共享的影响足以导致从Napster出现到2005年左右唱片销售的整个下降。使用2005年后数据的少数研究表明，向数字格式的转变也可能导致2005年后继续出现的销售下降。
Although most studies of file-sharing have concluded that file-sharing has decreased record sales, the extent of the decreased sales often seems uneven. This paper demonstrates that the results are more uniform than previously understood once a consistent metric is used to provide easy comparability across studies. This paper uses the percent of the decline in record sales that is due to file-sharing as a metric to translate the results of the literature into a common framework and then summarizes those results. What has not been previously noted is that the estimates from most studies imply that the impact of file-sharing was sufficient to have caused the entire decline in record sales that occurred from the advent of Napster up to about 2005. A smaller number of studies using post-2005 data indicate that the shift to digital formats may also have contributed to the sales decline that continued after 2005.