Extracting Value from P2P Content Delivery

Abstract

The Internet has enabled sharing of data on an unprecedented scale. Data of all forms and shapes is becoming easily accessible. Peer-to-peer content delivery approaches enable massive scale in the amount of data volume that can be efficiently delivered. The openness of delivery demands adaptive and robust management of intellectual property rights. In this paper we propose a framework to address the central issues in content delivery: a scalable peer-to-peer-based content delivery model, paired with an access control model that balances trust in end users with a risk analysis to the data provider. Our framework will enable data providers to extract the maximum amount of return, i.e. value, from making their original content available. We provide a tool to leverage the greatest amount of reward from the intellectual property that is released to the Internet.

Trust Management for Mobile Media Distribution

“…The broader goal of our work is to address the trust in peers who are allowed to participate in the content delivery process, to minimize the risk and to maximize the reward garnered from releasing data into the network. In our prior work [5,6], we focused on modeling the nature of risk and reward when releasing content to the Internet. We integrated trust evaluation for usage control with an analysis of risk and reward.…”