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Title:
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CAN DIGITAL CONTENT E-COMMERCE PROFIT FROM P2P NETWORKS? |
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Author(s):
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Carlos Serrão , Pedro Fonseca |
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ISBN:
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972-8924-06-2 |
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Editors:
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Nitya Karmakar and Pedro Isaías |
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Year:
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2005 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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Digital Content, P2P, Copyright, B2C, C2C, DRM. |
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Type:
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Full Paper |
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First Page:
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42 |
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Last Page:
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49 |
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Language:
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English |
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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In the running days, P2P is mostly regarded as something which is bad and completely incompatible with normal digital content E-Commerce platforms. The traditional way to look at the problem consists in just looking at classic digital content stores and P2P distribution of content as two competitors the increase in P2P digital content file-sharing results in a direct increase of traditional digital content stores and vice-versa. Although this might be true in some cases, there are other situations in which there is no direct connection between the two metrics. However, it is a fact that in general terms, unauthorized sharing of copyrighted content over P2P contributes to the anti-P2P feeling from the content copyright owners and distributors. The major goal of this paper is to explain how P2P networks can be used to conduct online E-Commerce of digital content, without circumventing the original content copyright. The really big question that should and can be placed is: can digital content E-Commerce profit from P2P networks? In the authors opinion the answer is yes. |
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