Techno-Economic Modeling of Post-Payment Copyrights

Author

Heikkinen, Mikko V J ; Kokkinen, Heikki

Author_Institution

Dept. of Commun. & Networking, TKK Helsinki Univ. of Technol., Helsinki

fYear

2009

fDate

1-7 Feb. 2009

Firstpage

217

Lastpage

222

Abstract

A post-payment copyright system is used to legalize copyrighted music files which user has obtained illegally. We compare a post-payment copyright system to an online music shop by analyzing three scenarios using techno-economic modeling and risk analysis. According to our analysis, a post-payment copyright system is potentially a more profitable business than an online shop when no media replacement is required. Our research is a continuation to the trend of studies suggesting peer-to-peer networks as a part of a viable business model for media distribution.

Keywords

copyright; music; peer-to-peer computing; risk analysis; business model; copyrighted music files; media distribution; online music shop; peer-to-peer networks; post-payment copyright system; risk analysis; techno-economic modeling; Computer networks; Costs; Ethics; Hard disks; Law; Legal factors; Marketing and sales; Peer to peer computing; Risk analysis; Sampling methods; copyright; online music sales; peer-to-peer network; post-payment system; risk analysis; techno-economic modeling;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Digital Society, 2009. ICDS '09. Third International Conference on

Conference_Location

Cancun

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3550-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-0-7695-3526-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICDS.2009.12

Filename

4782878