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Beginning in 2000, at the nexus of broadband penetration crossing the 15% mark in the US, declines in retail and economic recessions in the 4 of the five markets that comprise 80% of the world’s music revenues, and the discovery of P2P software by the “average” Internet user resulted in the devastation of the music industry.
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Loizides, L. (2010). The Fat Lady Still Sings: Bringing Music into the Digital Age. In: Einav, G. (eds) Transitioned Media. The Economics of Information, Communication and Entertainment. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6099-3_9
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