Purpose – To extract the full potential from internet‐wide knowledge sharing and reuse, the underlying copyright issues … and flexibility to scale to internet‐wide copyright management. Our approach is based on a semantic web ontology that …

product via the internet. The study employs a structural equation model to analyse the effect of cultural dimensions on the …

Purpose – This paper aims to investigate the rules and rituals for joining and operating within underground music file … nature of underground music file sharing communities and the perceived importance of strong rules and rituals for membership … understanding of these sophisticated underground file sharing communities assists the further development of legitimate online music …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to understand music sharing behaviour on social networking services (SNS). This …‐expression, ingratiation, altruism, and interactivity, on music sharing behaviour in SNS through social motivation factors. Design … purchasing music and legally sharing it on SNS. The partial least squares method was used to analyse the measurement and …

Purpose – This paper aims to explore the roles Web 2.0 applications play in niche cultures such as rock music diffusion …. Design/methodology/approach – This paper aims to examine the influence of online forums on fans of rock music and to validate … (their ability to make users stay longer and return) and the levels of appreciation displayed by fans of rock music. While …

e‐information, the Internet and library and information centres are discussed. Digital copyright protection technologies …