Internet Publishing and beyond : The Economics of Digital Information and Intellectual Property

This volume examines emerging economic and business models for global publishing and information access, as well as the attendent transformation of international information markets, institutions, and businesses.

Questions addressed include: how will different technological factors and market environments affect pricing?

What will be the relationships among classic production costs, transaction costs, and the economic value of intellectual property?

How will different pricing practices for telecommunications and Internet services affect the pricing of information?

What will be the effects of bundling or unbundling information services?

How will changing costs structures and other factors affect the allocation of rights among authors, publishers, and other intermediaries?

How will markets for complementary products and services, including advertising, affect the pricing and use of information?

What are the policy implications of different pricing models?