A Model for a Better Understanding of the Digital Distribution of Music in a Peer-to-Peer Environment
- Topics:
- Music
- Tags:
- Internet,
- Music,
- P2P,
- Peer To Peer (P2P),
- University Of Lausanne
- Source:
- University of Lausanne
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Overview: Emergence of P2P systems had an unquestionable impact on data and media interchange over the internet, to the point of seriously challenging traditional actors of the music business field. Technical issues concerning the deployment of P2P networks are more or less well described, and they rely on well-known transmission protocols and benefit from the mass-effect of Internet. But for the moment, the question of business viability of P2P chains of media diffusion is still open. This paper proposes a model to better understand and compare the different actors confronted to or exploiting this important technological change.
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Format: PDF | Size: 268KB | Date: Nov 2002 | Pages: 11
