Title :
File-Sharing versus Gift-Giving: A Theoretical Approach
Author :
Zerva, Konstantina
Author_Institution :
Autonomous Univ. of Barcelona, Barcelona
Abstract :
Many investigations have tried to depict the character of music file-sharing, identifying it with gift-giving, without explaining the connection but what kind of gift-giving procedure it is. It is believed that this identification is rather simplistic and in order to show the identity of both activities a comparison between them is reported, presenting a threefold categorization of differences in terms of product properties, procedure, and motives. It results that file-sharing is not gift-giving and that digital music has mostly the characteristics of a socially redistributed public good.
Keywords :
peer-to-peer computing; digital music; gift-giving procedure; music file-sharing; product properties; socially redistributed public good; Biographies; Consumer behavior; Hardware; History; Medical treatment; Merchandise; Peer to peer computing; Space technology; Technology management; Web and internet services;
Conference_Titel :
Internet and Web Applications and Services, 2008. ICIW '08. Third International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Athens
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3163-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3163-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICIW.2008.95
