Intellectual Property, Business Models and the Digital Domain : A Survey

With the internet and the accompanying digital revolution challenging the conventional industrial information structure, relationship between various dominant actors stands redefined. Intellectual Property Rights, as originally conceived and subsequently enforced, seems incompatible with the digital business models. Therefore we do see legal battles over what seems on face of it trivial issues. A situation is being resulted where societies priding themselves on free expression and creativity, actually are ending up stifling it. The current paper traces the growth of the digital revolutions, changes in the industry and product structures and surveys the alternative models that safeguard innovator interests and encourages creativity