TY - GEN
T1 - A fair micro-payment scheme for profit sharing in P2P networks
AU - Catalano, Dario
AU - Ruffo, Giancarlo
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - Despite their large success, file sharing and peer to peer systems are used mainly for illegal actions, such as violations of author's copyright. Many commercial proposals have been made available, but at the present time, there is a lack of inherently legal file sharing tools which remain attractive for all the involved parties. In this paper we propose a protocol which connects authors and customers in a micro-payment scheme, where the selling rights are transferred from peer to peer. When a good is sold, authors are correctly paid, even if they were not directly involved in the transactions. Moreover, the holder of the sold item is partially refunded, thus discouraging free riders. This proposal is based on the previous work on PPay, and can be seen as an attempt for introducing successful commerce in practical file sharing applications.
AB - Despite their large success, file sharing and peer to peer systems are used mainly for illegal actions, such as violations of author's copyright. Many commercial proposals have been made available, but at the present time, there is a lack of inherently legal file sharing tools which remain attractive for all the involved parties. In this paper we propose a protocol which connects authors and customers in a micro-payment scheme, where the selling rights are transferred from peer to peer. When a good is sold, authors are correctly paid, even if they were not directly involved in the transactions. Moreover, the holder of the sold item is partially refunded, thus discouraging free riders. This proposal is based on the previous work on PPay, and can be seen as an attempt for introducing successful commerce in practical file sharing applications.
KW - Delegation of Accountability
KW - File Sharing
KW - Intellectual Property Protection
KW - Micro-Payment Systems
KW - Peer to Peer Networks
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:24644438065
SN - 0769522696
T3 - Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Hot Topics in Peer-to-Peer Systems, HOT-P2P '04
SP - 32
EP - 39
BT - Proceedings - 2004 International Workshop on Hot Topics in Peer-to-Peer Systems, HOT-P2P '04
T2 - 2004 International Workshop on Hot Topics in Peer-to-Peer Systems, HOT-P2P '04
Y2 - 8 October 2004 through 8 October 2004
ER -