Jump to content United States-English
HP.com Home Products and Services Support and Drivers Solutions How to Buy
» Contact HP

hp.com home


Technical Reports


printable version
» 

HP Labs

» Research
» News and events
» Technical reports
» About HP Labs
» Careers @ HP Labs
» People
» Worldwide sites
» Downloads
Content starts here

  Click here for full text: PDF

Making Money Selling Content that Others Are Giving Away

Karp, Alan H.

HPL-2002-135

Keyword(s): copyright law; digital content; digital rights management

Abstract: This note discusses the problem of making money by selling content in the form of bits. Many people refer to this issue as one of digital rights management, controlling the use, copying , and distribution of the bits. This note makes the case that the issue should be cast as one of making money by adding value and having barriers to entry.

4 Pages

Back to Index

»Technical Reports

» 2009
» 2008
» 2007
» 2006
» 2005
» 2004
» 2003
» 2002
» 2001
» 2000
» 1990 - 1999

Heritage Technical Reports

» Compaq & DEC Technical Reports
» Tandem Technical Reports
Privacy statement Using this site means you accept its terms Feedback to HP Labs
© 2009 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.