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Online Music Distribution in a Post-Napster World

By: Youngme E. Moon
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Abstract

Provides a description of the rise and decline of Napster, the free Internet music-swapping service. Also describes second-generation peer-to-peer services (e.g., Gnutella) as well as paid subscription services (e.g., MusicNet, pressplay).

Keywords

Distribution; Internet and the Web; Price; Marketing Channels; Service Operations; Music Industry

Citation

Moon, Youngme E. "Online Music Distribution in a Post-Napster World." Harvard Business School Case 502-093, June 2002. (Revised September 2005.)
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