Balancing public and private interests in ICT standardisation: The case of avs in china

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

Volumn 328, Issue , 2010, Pages 64-72

  Su, Junbin ^a   Fomin, Vladislav V ^b  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b VYTAUTAS MAGNUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Audio video coding standard (AVS); Private interest; Public dominated model of standardisation (PDM); Public interest; Standardisation

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MOTION PICTURE EXPERTS GROUP STANDARDS; VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING;

AUDIO VIDEO CODING STANDARDS; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS; PRIVATE CORPORATION; PRIVATE INTEREST; PUBLIC DOMINATED MODEL OF STANDARDISATION (PDM); PUBLIC INTEREST; STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT; TECHNICAL CONTRIBUTION;

STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 84858832168     PISSN: 18684238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-15479-9_6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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