A new research paper (that focuses on some fairly old data) delves into the relationship between file sharing and music sales, coming up with mixed ... read more
The other camp, the defenders of the argument that piracy does not affect music sales, suggest that piracy stimulates music sales due to a promotional effect. This is based on the idea that music as an information good has to be (at least partly) consumed first in order to evaluate its quality. read more
Music piracy costs the recording industry billions of dollars in lost revenue, and as with most things in business, those losses are passed down from the top and disproportionately affect the lower-level workers in the music industry. read more