DocumentCode
1899165
Title
File-Sharing versus Gift-Giving: A Theoretical Approach
Author
Zerva, Konstantina
Author_Institution
Autonomous Univ. of Barcelona, Barcelona
fYear
2008
fDate
8-13 June 2008
Firstpage
13
Lastpage
18
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
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
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICIW.2008.95
Filename
4545584
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