Title :
Profiting from filesharing: A measurement study of economic incentives in cyberlockers
Author :
Jelveh, Zubin ; Ross, Keith
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng, NYU-Poly, Brooklyn, OH, USA
Abstract :
This paper explores the incentive schemes that have been used by cyberlockers, and examines to what extent they have helped to foster the current environment. This short paper also presents a preliminary economic analysis of incentives in cyberlockers based on measurement results from three different types of sites related to cyberlockers- a search engine, a discussion forum, and a popular cyberlocker site.
Keywords :
Web sites; electronic commerce; incentive schemes; peer-to-peer computing; profitability; search engines; cyberlocker economics; cyberlocker site; discussion forum; economic analysis; economic incentives; file sharing; profitability; search engine; Blogs; Business; Discussion forums; Economics; Message systems; Motion pictures; Search engines;
Conference_Titel :
Peer-to-Peer Computing (P2P), 2012 IEEE 12th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Tarragona
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2860-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2861-6
DOI :
10.1109/P2P.2012.6335811
