| Contents | 6 |
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| Preface | 14 |
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| Part A Propedeutics of Dealing with the Information Market | 24 |
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| 1 History of Exploring the Information Market | 26 |
| 1.1 Knowledge Workers in the Knowledge Economy | 26 |
| 1.2 Information Economy as Fourth Sector | 30 |
| 1.3 “Information Superhighways” | 33 |
| 1.4 “New Economy” | 36 |
| 1.5 Digital Information Services | 37 |
| 1.6 M-Commerce | 40 |
| 1.7 Information Market–Today: Digital Online Information and Network Economy | 40 |
| 1.8 Conclusion | 41 |
| 1.9 Bibliography | 42 |
| 2 Information as Economic Good | 46 |
| 2.1 Economic Goods | 46 |
| 2.2 Information Goods | 47 |
| 2.3 Digital Information on the Information Market | 51 |
| 2.4 The Economic Significance of the Information Market | 53 |
| 2.5 Conclusion | 54 |
| 2.6 Bibliography | 54 |
| 3 Economic Particularities of Information Goods | 56 |
| 3.1 Market Failure for Information Goods | 56 |
| 3.2 First-Copy-Cost Effect | 58 |
| 3.3 Information Asymmetries | 61 |
| 3.4 Network Effects for Information Goods | 74 |
| 3.5 Information as Public Good | 84 |
| 3.6 Interdependence of Economic Particularities | 89 |
| 3.7 Conclusion | 90 |
| 3.8 Bibliography | 92 |
| Part B Information Society | 98 |
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| 4 Information Sociology | 100 |
| 4.1 “Information Society” and “Knowledge Society” | 100 |
| 4.2 Information and Knowledge Infrastructure | 106 |
| 4.3 The Informational City and “Glocality” | 110 |
| 4.4 The Digital Divide | 116 |
| 4.5 Deviant Information Behavior | 119 |
| 4.6 Information Subcultures: Hackers, Crackers, Crashers | 125 |
| 4.7 Dark Web: Information Behavior of Terrorist Groups | 126 |
| 4.8 Political Science | 128 |
| 4.9 Conclusion | 132 |
| 4.10 Bibliography | 134 |
| 5 Information Law | 142 |
| 5.1 Legal Protection of Information | 142 |
| 5.2 Technical Information: Patents and Utility Models | 143 |
| 5.3 Aesthetic-Commercial Information: Registered Design | 153 |
| 5.4 Advertising Information: Trademark Law | 154 |
| 5.5 Works: Copyright Law | 158 |
| 5.6 Creative Commons and Copyleft | 163 |
| 5.7 Legal Protection of Software | 164 |
| 5.8 Person-Related Information: Data Protection Law | 166 |
| 5.9 Content on the Internet: Telemedia Law | 168 |
| 5.10 Adjacent Fields of Law | 170 |
| 5.11 Information Criminal Law | 172 |
| 5.12 International Information Law? | 174 |
| 5.13 Conclusion | 174 |
| 5.14 Bibliography | 176 |
| 6 Information Ethics | 182 |
| 6.1 Ethics of a New Culture | 182 |
| 6.2 Professional Behavior | 186 |
| 6.3 Free Access to Knowledge | 186 |
| 6.4 Privacy | 189 |
| 6.5 Intellectual Property | 193 |
| 6.6 Conclusion | 199 |
| 6.7 Bibliography | 200 |
| Part C Digital Information Goods | 204 |
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| 7 Business, Market and Press Information | 206 |
| 7.1 Digital Information Products for and about Business and the Press | 207 |
| 7.2 Clients on the Market for Business, Market and Press Information | 208 |
| 7.3 Business Information | 208 |
| 7.4 Company Dossiers | 208 |
| 7.5 Credit Information | 211 |
| 7.6 Product Information | 212 |
| 7.7 Addresses | 214 |
| 7.8 Market Data | 215 |
| 7.9 Structural, Market and Industry Data | 215 |
| 7.10 Stock Market Information | 219 |
| 7.11 Time Series | 219 |
| 7.12 News | 224 |
| 7.13 Media Observation: Press Reviews and Media Resonance Analyses | 226 |
| 7.14 Providers’ Pricing Strategies | 226 |
| 7.15 Conclusion | 227 |
| 7.16 Bibliography | 228 |
| 8 Legal Information | 230 |
| 8.1 Legal Documents and Their Demanders | 230 |
| 8.2 Primary Legal Information I: Legal Norms | 231 |
| 8.3 Primary Legal Information II: Cases / Decisions | 233 |
| 8.4 Secondary Legal Information: Expert Annotations and Specialist Literature | 234 |
| 8.5 Tertiary Legal Information: Citations and Other References | 235 |
| 8.6 Providers’ Pricing Models | 237 |
| 8.7 Conclusion | 238 |
| 8.8 Bibliography | 239 |
| 9 STM Information | 242 |
| 9.1 Information in Science, Technology and Medicine | 242 |
| 9.2 The Production Process of STM Information | 247 |
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