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2008 Third International Conference on Internet and Web Applications and Services
File-Sharing versus Gift-Giving: A Theoretical Approach
June 08-June 13
ISBN: 978-0-7695-3163-2
Many investigations have tried to depict the character of music file-sharing, identifying it with gift-giving, without explaining the connection but what kind of gift-giving procedure it is. It is believed that this identification is rather simplistic and in order to show the identity of both activities a comparison between them is reported, presenting a threefold categorization of differences in terms of product properties, procedure, and motives. It results that file-sharing is not gift-giving and that digital music has mostly the characteristics of a socially redistributed public good.
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Konstantina Zerva, "File-Sharing versus Gift-Giving: A Theoretical Approach," iciw, pp.13-18, 2008 Third International Conference on Internet and Web Applications and Services, 2008
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