Selected stories written by Pew Internet Project staff for other publications.
Dancing with Napster: Predictable Consumer Behavior in the New Digital Economy
Published in IT & Society
9/1/2002 | 
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This paper tests two competing hypotheses: 1) Easily copied and distributed digital content encourages consumers to exploit the "information wants to be free" character of the Internet, thereby hampering the growth of the market for information goods and services, and 2) Information consumers practice a sophisticated arbitrage process across different media, by weighing the value of online and offline information and thereby reinforcing active participation in the electronic marketplace.
Full Citation: Horrigan, John & Schement, Jorge. “Dancing with Napster: Predictable Consumer Behavior in the New Digital Economy”, IT & Society, Fall 2002, pages 142-160, available online at http://www.stanford.edu/group/siqss/itandsociety/v01i02.html
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