Versioning and piracy control for digital information goods

Operations Research

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 157-172

  Wu, Shin Yi ^a   Chen, Pei Yu ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Information systems: digital goods piracy; Marketing: versioning; Pricing; Programming: nonlinear mixed integer

Indexed keywords

PIRACY PROBLEM; TECHNOLOGY PROTECTION;

COSTS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MARKETING; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 41549106196     PISSN: 0030364X     EISSN: 15265463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/opre.1070.0414     Document Type: Article

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