JUCS - Journal of Universal Computer Science 15(2): 401-425, doi: 10.3217/jucs-015-02-0401
On the Superdistribution of Digital Goods
expand article infoAndreas U. Schmidt‡
‡ CREATE-NET Research Consortium, Trento, Italy

Corresponding author: Andreas Schmidt ( andreas.schmidt@create-net.org )

© Andreas Schmidt.
This article is freely available under the J.UCS Open Content License.
Citation: Schmidt AU (2009) On the Superdistribution of Digital Goods. JUCS - Journal of Universal Computer Science 15(2): 401-425. https://doi.org/10.3217/jucs-015-02-0401
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Abstract
Business models involving buyers of digital goods in the distribution process are called superdistribution schemes. We review the state-of-the art of research and application of superdistribution and propose a systematic approach to market mechanisms using super-distribution and technical system architectures supporting it. The limiting conditions on such markets are of economic, legal, technical, and psychological nature. Large scale applications of superdistribution such as video-on-demand and multimedia over peer-to-peer type networks pose particular requirements on security and efficiency.
Keywords
content superdistribution, digital good, copyright protection, trusted computing