I wrote a small post which covers the research on solving consumer privacy problem by setting up a market place for information trade. 

Here is the link: http://expressimagine.blogspot.com/2009/10/commercial-aspect s-from-privacy.html

Video sharing website such as youtube has been a phenomenon since the boost of internet era. Inspired by forerunners like youtube, a number of Chinses videosharing website emerged. some of them are successful nowadays. Most of the Chinese websites in this kind are different from those in western in terms of content offered and obstacles in the way. Their production is intangible but no one would deny  its powerful influence among millions of audience. Their business models have been disscussed..

Major Internet music stores supplying downloadable content, recorded performances, have literally millions of titles in their catalogs. With long protection periods and almost nonexistent marginal costs it is possible to offer the material in different bundles and even with very low prices, and thus create revenue even after a track is no longer in demand. With constantly growing mass of available material this is bound to lead to decreasing demand on new material. Note: As long as a medium (c..

IPR, usually copyrights, are the means by which a society tries to create a workable market in information goods. The ease and accuracy of sharing digital content have made providers fearful of the large-scale - so it became known as piracy; note, limited sharing of copyrighted work is desired by the industry as it can result in higher profits. Ultimately, there is a lot of anit-piracy propaganda and few only bother to look at the full picture. The emergence of global business systems, and alo..