TY - GEN
T1 - Legal file and profit sharing in a peer to peer network
AU - Ruffo, Giancarlo
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - Despite to their large success, file sharing and peer to peer systems are used mainly for illegal actions, as violations of the author's copyright. Many commercial proposals have been made, but at the present time, there is a lack of an inherently legal file sharing tool which is still attractive as well as its many opponents. This paper proposes a protocol which connects authors and customers in a micro-payment scheme, where the selling rights are transferred from peer to peer. When the file is bought, accountability is delegated, allowing the author to be paid, and the normal user to be slightly refunded.
AB - Despite to their large success, file sharing and peer to peer systems are used mainly for illegal actions, as violations of the author's copyright. Many commercial proposals have been made, but at the present time, there is a lack of an inherently legal file sharing tool which is still attractive as well as its many opponents. This paper proposes a protocol which connects authors and customers in a micro-payment scheme, where the selling rights are transferred from peer to peer. When the file is bought, accountability is delegated, allowing the author to be paid, and the normal user to be slightly refunded.
KW - Delegation of Accountability
KW - Digital Rights Management
KW - File Sharing
KW - Micro-Payment Systems
KW - Peer to peer
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/12244278578
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:12244278578
SN - 1932415378
SN - 9781932415377
T3 - Proceedings of the International Conference on Security and Management, SAM'04
SP - 141
EP - 146
BT - Proceedings of the International Conference on Security and Management, SAM'04
A2 - Arabnia, H.R.
A2 - Aissi, S.
A2 - Mun, Y.
T2 - Proceedings of the International Conference on Security and Management, SAM'04
Y2 - 21 June 2004 through 24 June 2004
ER -