Trusted Computing, Peer-to-Peer Distribution, and The Economics of Pirated Entertainment
Stuart E. Schechter, Rachel Greenstadt, Michael D. Smith · Kluwer Academic Publishers eBooks · 2006
ConclusionTo thwart piracy the entertainment industry must keep distribution costs high, reduce the size of distribution networks, and (if possible) raise the cost of extracting content. However, if ‘trusted computing’ mechanisms deliver on their promises, large peer-to-peer distribution networks will be more robust against attack and trading in pirated entertainment will become safer, more reliable, and thus cheaper. Since it will always be possible for some individuals to extract content from the media on which it is stored, future entertainment may be more vulnerable to piracy than before the introduction of ‘trusted computing’ technologies.