Research Catalog

Title

Peer-to-peer video : the economics, policy, and culture of today's new mass medium / Eli M. Noam, Lorenzo Maria Pupillo, editors.

Publication

New York : Springer, [2008], ©2008.

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Additional Authors

• Noam, Eli M.
• Pupillo, Lorenzo M.

Description

xxv, 307 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Summary

"Peer-to-Peer is a communication structure in which individuals interact directly, without going through a centralized system. 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. 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." This is a commentary on a slice of popular culture that will interest scholars and students, policymakers, media industry professionals, and general readers alike."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• Peer-to-peer architecture (Computer networks) > Economic aspects
• Peer-to-peer architecture (Computer networks) > Law and legislation
• Webcasting > Economic aspects
• Webcasting > Law and legislation

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction / Eli M. Noam and Lorenzo Maria Pupillo -- Pt. I. Peer-to-Peer: Economics -- 1. The Economics of User Generated Content and Peer-to-Peer: The Commons as the Enabler of Commerce / Eli M. Noam -- 2. Peer-to-Peer Media File Sharing: From Copyright Crisis to Market? / W. Edward Steinmueller -- 3. The Economics of Peer-to-Peer / Lorenzo Maria Pupilla -- Pt. II. Peer-to-Peer: Market and Technology -- 4. The Implications of Video Peer-to-Peer on Network Usage / Kevin Werbach -- 5. Peer-to-Peer Video File Sharing: What Can We Learn From Consumer Behavior? / John Carey -- 6. College Students: The Rationale for Peer-to-Peer Video File Sharing / Gali Elnav -- 7. Peer-to-Peer and User Generated Content: Flash in the Pan or the Arrival of a New Storytelling Paradigm? / Steven Rosenbaum -- 8. A Survival Analysis of Albums on Ranking Charts / Sudip Bhattacharjee, Ram D. Gopal, James R. Marsden and Rahul Telang -- 9. Characteristics and Potentials of YouTube: A Measurement Study / Xu Cheng, Cameron Dale and Jiangchuan Liu -- 10. YouTube and Its Mobile Distributing Consumer Media Venturing / Min Hang -- Pt. III. Peer-to-Peer: Policy -- 11. Compulsory Licensing v. Private Negotiations in Peer-to-Peer File Sharing / Michael Botein and Edward Samuels -- 12. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Proxy Battles over Peer-to-Peer Movie Sharing / Viktor Mayer-Schonberger -- 13. Peer-to-Peer Network Growth and Distribution in the EU / Andrea Gavosto, Bruno Lamborghini and Stefano Lamborghini.

ISBN

• 9780387764498
• 0387764496

LCCN

99932003160

OCLC

• ocn180470525
• 180470525
• SCSB-9060554

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries