Systems, methods and media for awarding credits based on provided usage
information are disclosed. More particularly, hardware and/or software
for collecting and disseminating usage information related to electronic
documents and for awarding usage credits to users in exchange for
providing usage information are disclosed. Embodiments include receiving
an indication of the usage of an electronic document by a user and
aggregating the received usage indication for the document with usage
indications relating to other users. Embodiments may also include
creating document utilization information for the electronic document
based on the aggregated usage indications and awarding usage credit to
the user based on the user's providing statistics on the usage of the
electronic document. Further embodiments may include transmitting an
indication of the awarded usage credit to the user and receiving a
request to use the usage credits.