Peer-to-peer video: the economics, policy, and culture of today's new mass medium

Peer-to-Peer (P2P) networks are comprised of equal ‘nodes’ that function as both clients and servers, as opposed to systems in which data and information are managed through centralized servers. The implications of this architecture go far beyond the technological realm; the ability of individuals to share digital content files, including audio and video material, in real time, facilitates communication and, at a deeper cultural level, promotes community without hierarchy or strict control. As Eli Noam, Lorenzo Pupillo, and their colleagues demonstrate in this timely and incisive volume, P2P has permeated all facetsof society, from YouTube and music downloading experiments on college campuses to international policy debates over intellectual property rights. Peer-to-Peer Video is the first book to apply economic principles to analyze and understand the P2P phenomenon, considering such topics as ‘consumer demand and the commons’ and ‘file sharing and the copyright crisis.’ Hot topic: P2P video is at the nexus of technology, media, culture, politics, economics, law, and business today INDICE: From the contents The Economics of User Generated Content and P2P:The Commons as the Enabler of Commerce.- Peer-to-Peer Media File Sharing: From Copyright Crisis to Market?- The Economics of Peer-to-Peer.- The Implications of Video P2P on Network Usage.- Peer-to-Peer Video File Sharing: What Can WeLearn From Consumer Behavior?.-  College Students: The Rationale for P2PVideo File Sharing.- Peer-to-Peer and User-Generated Content: Flash in the Pan or the Arrival of a New Storytelling Paradigm?.- A Survival Analysis of Albums on Ranking Charts.- Compulsory Licensing vs. Private Negotiations in Peer-to-Peer File Sharing.-  Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Proxy Battles overP2P Movie Sharing.- P2P Network Growth and Distribution in the EU.

• ISBN: 978-0-387-76449-8
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 300
• Fecha Publicación: 01/03/2008
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés