New Research: File Sharing Did Not Reduce The Creation Of New Hit Songs




New interesting research provides empirical evidence that file sharing did not reduce the creation of new hit songs. Instead, MORE NEW MUSIC entered the hit charts, an effect that’s driven by existing artists.

The research is available at: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2372630



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