Business Models and Pricing Issues in the Digital Domain

Abstract

The transition from the printed page to the digital packet has been problematic for both creators of proprietary materials and users of those materials. Legal and economic models for traditional physical objects, such as books and journals, have been taxed by new intellectual property unbounded by physical constraints. Concepts of licensing of copyrighted materials and issues of pricing have taken on new meaning within this world. This paper will discuss the new technologies and their influence upon evolving legal and economic models in the digital domains