In a recent post on IPdigIT Paul Belleflamme raised the question of what might be appropriate business models for digital goods in the “culture of free”. This is the second post of a two-piece series in which I will have a closer look at the video game industry. Over the past decade many things have […]
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Business models for digital goods: video games (episodic games)
By Eva-Maria Scholz 25 March 2015 13
Business models for digital goods: video games (free-to-play games)
By Eva-Maria Scholz 18 March 2015 33
In a recent post on IPdigIT Paul Belleflamme raised the question of what might be appropriate business models for digital goods in the “culture of free”. This is the first post of a two-piece series in which I will have a closer look at the video game industry. Over the past decade many things have […]
Putting a price on privacy – but how?
By Eva-Maria Scholz 8 June 2014 0
This is the third part of a series that discusses the value of personal information in the digital economy. You can find the first and the second part here and here. This series of posts is motivated by the pricing model the telecommunications provider AT&T employs for its GigaPower broadband service. Just to recall, AT&T […]
Putting a price on privacy – an Introduction to the Economics of Privacy
By Eva-Maria Scholz 1 June 2014 9
This is the second part of a three-piece series that discusses the value of personal information in the digital economy. You can find the first part here. I started my previous post by asking how much you would be willing to pay in order to prevent your Internet provider from tracking and analysing your browsing […]
Putting a price on privacy – are there benefits to sharing private information?
By Eva-Maria Scholz 25 May 2014 21
How much would you be willing to pay in order to prevent your Internet provider from tracking and analysing your browsing history? According to AT&T, the Texas-based telecommunications provider, between $29 and $62 a month. Back in December 2013, the company launched its new GigaPower service, which from summer 2014 onward is supposed to deliver […]
Positional trademarks – what makes them distinctive?
By Eva-Maria Scholz 19 February 2014 0
According to a definition by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) a trademark “is a distinctive sign which identifies certain goods or services as those produced or provided by a specific person or enterprise”. Trademarks may not only be words, names, letters, and abbreviations, but also drawings, three-dimensional signs, combinations of colours or non visible signs. […]