An artist life cycle model for digital media content: Strategies for the Light Web and the Dark Web

Electronic Commerce Research and Applications

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 334-342

  Regner, Tobias ^a   Barria, Javier A ^b   Pitt, Jeremy V ^b   Neville, Brendan ^b  

^a Growth and Public Policy   (Germany)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artist life cycle; Business models; Complementary product and service based model; Copyright issues; Customer activity lifecycle; Dark Web; Digital media; Digital rights management; Light Web; Music industry; Strategy; Voluntary payment based model

Indexed keywords

ARTIST LIFE CYCLE; BUSINESS MODELS; COMPLEMENTARY PRODUCT AND SERVICE-BASED MODEL; CUSTOMER ACTIVITY LIFECYCLE; DARK WEB; DIGITAL MEDIA; DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENT; MUSIC INDUSTRY; STRATEGY; VOLUNTARY PAYMENT-BASED MODEL;

COPYRIGHTS; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; LIFE CYCLE; SALES;

DIGITAL STORAGE;

EID: 70449526423     PISSN: 15674223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.elerap.2009.05.002     Document Type: Article

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