Changing business models of online content services: Their implications for multimedia and other content producers

To begin, it is useful to undertake a broad perspective regarding the nature of modern electronic communication capabilities. Although the term "revolution" is often applied to contemporary developments in information and communications technology (ICT), the technologies should not be confused as being part of a content revolution. The revolution is in software, equipment, and infrastructure and in their capabilities for presentation and dissemination but not in the substance of the content itself.