TY - SER AU - Goel Sanjay TI - Impact of Illegal Peer-to-Peer File Sharing on the Media Industry PY - 0000///0 CY - PB - Spring 2010 KW - Media Storage, P-to-p Network KW - Information Technology N2 - The article presents an analysis of the impact of peer-to-peer (P2P) computer file sharing on the music and motion picture industries. The drop in sales of compact discs (CDs) and DVD-Video discs after 1999 has been largely attributed to internet piracy facilitated by P2P technology. Information on how industry efforts to intensify copyright law enforcement have had a positive effect on the stock prices of the firms involved is presented. The question of whether the pre-P2P entertainment media business model has been rendered obsolete is also addressed UR - http://192.168.6.13/libsuite/mm_files/Articles/AR11988.pdf ER -