The Effect of File Sharing on Record Sales An Empirical Analysis * Felix Oberholzer Koleman Strumpf Harvard Business School UNC Chapel Hill foberholzer@hbs.edu cigar@unc.edu March 2004 Abstract A longstanding economic question is the appropriate level of protection for intellectual property. The Internet has drastically lowered the cost of copying information goods and provides a natural crucible to assess the implications of reduced protection. We consider the specific
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good. But do you know what you are seeing? I mean really seeing. Every second‚ every single second your eyes take in 72 gigabytes of information. The world’s greatest camera. Now is that not incredible? A computer and a camera. And this data‚ this code‚ is up here behind the firewall of our personality. 86 billion neurons‚ evolved to understand‚ to translate‚ to give us our vision of the world around us. The mountains‚ rivers‚ great Savannahs‚ every animal in all their incredible shapes and sizes…
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"Who says it ’s a woman ’s job to clean?"� In today ’s society‚ Americans are working more than ever. This is particularly the case for women. Women continue to increase their participation in the paid work force‚ and the average paid work week of fully employed women has risen from 35 hours in 1969 to 40 hours in 1990 (Schor 1993). The overriding question for most dual-earning marriages--is who is going to do the housework. Apparently men and women have a different perspective on who should do what
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“Morning mum‚ aren’t you meant to be at work today‚ it’s Saturday? Stefan Questioned‚ “Not today” his mum replies with a small grin “today is my day off‚ I feel like… shopping” she says “oh sweet‚ can you take Ana with you‚ so I can hang out with Luka and Jamey at the beach‚ after all she would love to go shopping with you?” asked Stefan with his fingers crossed and trying to put on a persuasive tone and a pleading face “Sure‚ but I want you to be extra careful‚ punt on your sunscreen‚ cross the
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performance of bicycle sharing system in Wuhan‚ China Zhang‚ Ying March‚ 2011 SUPERVISORS: 1st supervisor: Ir. M.J.G. Brussel 2nd supervisor: Prof. Dr. Huang Zhengdong Evaluating performance of bicycle sharing system in Wuhan‚ China Zhang‚ Ying Enshcede‚ The Netherlands‚ March‚ 2011 Thesis submitted to the Faculty of Geo-information Science and Earth Observation of University of Twente in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Geo-information Science and Earth
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important to never give up because if you give up then you are letting yourself down and maybe other people. It is important to never give up because if you do you give all hope up for you and hope is the foundation of success. In the book Martian there was one person left on mars by himself and there was a point where he gave up but then he tried and he got back home. That is an example of never giving up because he never did give up and because of that he got back home. Another example is I was saving
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Importance of Collected Information and Usage Michael Denetso CIS/207 April 15‚ 2013 Paul Leonardo Importance of Collected Information and Usage Identify and describe how different types of information is use‚ flow and disburse through out an organization. Information provided in various types of data must be converted and summarized for the different types of technology and organizational groups or companies. Through advance technology‚ strict management regulations‚ data correction‚ networking
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Nicolette Roberts Mr. Forrest Roth English 101-068 1 December 2011 Another Day as a Hostess In America today‚ there are many jobs that I could have choose from‚ from almost impractical jobs‚ like a super star or a singer‚ to an easy job‚ like answering phones as a secretary‚ but there is only one job for me. It may not be the job that I love or want to have‚ but it may be a well-paying job. In picking what job I wanted‚ I had three choices: to work and be happy‚ to be a laborer and
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Playing sports is one of the favorite activities of most of us. Sports play a vital role in the enhancement of one’s personality by being a source of exercise and entertainment. Let us look at the benefits of playing sports. Benefits of Playing Sports ----------------------------------- Sports serve as an excellent physical exercise. Playing sports often involves physical activities like running‚ jumping and stretching and moreover a constructive expenditure of energy. Playing
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CA1 revision 1. Information systems literacy describes the behavioral approach to information systems‚ while computer literacy describes the technical approach. Answer: False 2. Senior management is responsible for directing the day-to-day activities of the business. Answer: False 3. A firm can be said to have competitive advantage when they have higher stock market valuations than their competitors. Answer: True 4. IT infrastructure technology
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