Landing : Athabascau University

Andersen, B & M Frenz. "Don’t blame the P2P file-sharers: the impact of free music downloads on the purchase of music CDs in Canada"

http://0-www.metapress.com.aupac.lib.athabascau.ca/content/d3h27828tx887556/?p=9713852f60f64e0598e57ad562710f67&pi=3

A peer-reviewed republication of the 2007 Andersen-Frenz report commissioned by Industry Canada to study the impact of P2P file-sharing on the Canadian music industry. Their welcome conclusions: first, that "among Canadians actually engaged in it, P2P file sharing increases CD purchases"; and second, "no direct evidence to suggest that the net effect of P2P file sharing on CD purchasing is either positive or negative for Canada as a whole."

Naturally, the study and its authors have become magnets for CRIA flak.