Illegal Downloads and the Affect on the Film Industry
MEDIA@LSE Electronic MSc Dissertation Series
Compiled by Dr. Bart Cammaerts and Dr. Nick Anstead
Why pay if it’s free? Streaming, downloading, and digital music consumption in the “iTunes era”
Theodore Giletti,
MSc in Media & Communications
Other dissertations of the series are available online here: http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/media@lse/mediaWorkingPapers/
Dissertation submitted to the Department of Media and Communications, London School of Economics and Political Science, August 2011, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the MSc in Media & Communications. Supervised by Dr. Bingchun Meng.
Published by Media@LSE, London School of Economics and Political Science ("LSE"), Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE. The LSE is a School of the University of London. It is a Charity and is incorporated in England as a company limited by guarantee under the Companies Act (Reg number 70527). Copyright in editorial matter, LSE © 2012 Copyright, Theodore Giletti © 2012. The authors have asserted their moral rights. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior permission in writing of the publisher nor be issued to the public or circulated in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published. In the interests of providing a free flow of debate, views expressed in this dissertation are not necessarily those of the compilers or the LSE.
MSc Dissertation Theodore Giletti
Why pay if it’s free? Streaming, downloading, and digital music consumption in the “iTunes era”
Theodore Giletti
ABSTRACT This research study is an investigation into the consumption of digital music. Rapid growth in the market for digital music has been led by the rise in popularity of online download stores such as iTunes and streaming services. Consumers now have the option to acquire songs from a variety of paid and non-paid legitimate sources, as
Compiled by Dr. Bart Cammaerts and Dr. Nick Anstead
Why pay if it’s free? Streaming, downloading, and digital music consumption in the “iTunes era”
Theodore Giletti,
MSc in Media & Communications
Other dissertations of the series are available online here: http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/media@lse/mediaWorkingPapers/
Dissertation submitted to the Department of Media and Communications, London School of Economics and Political Science, August 2011, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the MSc in Media & Communications. Supervised by Dr. Bingchun Meng.
Published by Media@LSE, London School of Economics and Political Science ("LSE"), Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE. The LSE is a School of the University of London. It is a Charity and is incorporated in England as a company limited by guarantee under the Companies Act (Reg number 70527). Copyright in editorial matter, LSE © 2012 Copyright, Theodore Giletti © 2012. The authors have asserted their moral rights. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior permission in writing of the publisher nor be issued to the public or circulated in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published. In the interests of providing a free flow of debate, views expressed in this dissertation are not necessarily those of the compilers or the LSE.
MSc Dissertation Theodore Giletti
Why pay if it’s free? Streaming, downloading, and digital music consumption in the “iTunes era”
Theodore Giletti
ABSTRACT This research study is an investigation into the consumption of digital music. Rapid growth in the market for digital music has been led by the rise in popularity of online download stores such as iTunes and streaming services. Consumers now have the option to acquire songs from a variety of paid and non-paid legitimate sources, as