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Record Nr.

UNINA9910260649803321

Titolo

Internet publishing and beyond : the economics of digital information and intellectual property / / edited by Brian Kahin and Hal R. Varian

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : MIT Press, , c2000

[Piscataqay, New Jersey] : , : IEEE Xplore, , [2000]

ISBN

9786612096488

0-262-25646-0

1-282-09648-6

1-4237-2530-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (251 p.)

Collana

A publication of the Harvard Information Infrastructure Project

Altri autori (Persone)

KahinBrian

VarianHal R

Disciplina

070.5/797

Soggetti

Internet publishing - Economic aspects

Intellectual property - Economic aspects

Technological innovations - Economic aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A publication of the Harvard Information Infrastructure Project in collaboration with the School of Information Management and Systems at the University of California at Berkeley".

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction / Brian Kahin and Hal R. Varian -- Speculative Microeconomics for Tomorrow's Economy / J. Bradford DeLong and A. Michael Froomkin -- Advertising Pricing Models for the World Wide Web / Donna L. Hoffman and Thomas P. Novak -- Profiting from Online News: The Search for Viable Business Models / Susan M. Mings and Peter B. White -- Economics of Copy Protection in Software and Other Media / Oz Shy --

Economics and Electronic Access to Scholarly Information / Jeffrey K. MacKie-Mason and Juan F. Riveros.

Sommario/riassunto

The rapid growth of the Internet and the World Wide Web is transforming the way information is accessed and used. New models for distributing, sharing, linking, and marketing information are appearing. This volume examines emerging economic and business



models for global publishing and information access, as well as the attendant transformation of international information markets, institutions, and businesses. It provides those in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors with a practical framework for dealing with the new information markets. Topics addressed include the effects of various technological factors and market environments on pricing; the relationship among classic production costs, transaction costs, and the economic value of intellectual property; the effects of different pricing practices for telecommunications and Internet services on the pricing of information; the bundling and unbundling of information services; changing cost structures and the allocation of rights among authors, publishers, and other intermediaries; the effects of markets for complementary products and services, including advertising, on the pricing and use of information; and policy implications of different pricing models.A Publication of the Harvard Information Infrastructure Project in Collaboration with the School of Information Management and Systems at the University of California at Berkeley.