The effect of music streaming services on music piracy among college students

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Highlights:

• We analyze the impact of music streaming services in digital music piracy.

• Using a sample of 197 surveys, we evaluate correlations between groups.

• We develop a Logit regression model to test five hypothesis regarding music piracy.

• We find that music streamers are more likely to illegally download music.

• We find that optimistic beliefs about risk and rewards explain music piracy.

摘要

•We analyze the impact of music streaming services in digital music piracy.•Using a sample of 197 surveys, we evaluate correlations between groups.•We develop a Logit regression model to test five hypothesis regarding music piracy.•We find that music streamers are more likely to illegally download music.•We find that optimistic beliefs about risk and rewards explain music piracy.

论文关键词:Music industry,Digital music piracy,Music streaming,Attitudes and collective views,Logit model

论文评审过程:Available online 18 December 2014.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2014.11.088