Pricing schemes for digital content with DRM mechanisms

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 528-539

  Li, Yung Ming ^a   Lin, Chia Hao ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Content quality; Digital content; Digital Right Management; Network diffusion; Pricing scheme; System collaboration

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATIVE STRUCTURES; CONTENT PROVIDERS; CONTENT QUALITIES; DIGITAL CONTENTS; DIGITAL RIGHT MANAGEMENT; GAME-THEORETIC MODEL; MARKET STRUCTURES; NETWORK ENVIRONMENTS; PRICING SCHEME; PROTECTION LEVEL; PROTECTION POLICY;

COSTS;

NETWORK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 72049102600     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dss.2009.05.015     Document Type: Article

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