"Downloads have an effect on sales which is statistically indistinguishable from zero, despite rather precise estimates. Moreover, these estimates are of moderate economic significance and are inconsistent with claims that file sharing is the primary reason for the recent decline in music sales."

The Effect of File Sharing on Record Sales - An Empirical Analysis (Felix Oberholzer, Harvard Business School; Koleman Strumpf, UNC Chapel Hill)

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