04270cam a22005297i 4500 117056 117056 20385280 BJBSDDR 20230411090823.0 a|||||r|||| 00| 0 ta 180302s2018 njua b 001 0 eng d 2018936672 GBB8L9365 bnb 019141744 Uk 0691162824 (hardcover) 9780691162829 (hardcover) (OCoLC)on1032581139 YDX eng YDX rda CVM OCLCO CO2 OCLCF SINLB BUR UKMGB NBU CSH PUL QQ3 BKL STF MEU YDXIT ITD ERASA BDX JBG CHVBK DLC eng lccopycat HD 9999 W163d 2018 338.477 Waldfogel, Joel, 1962- 24944 Digital renaissance : what data and economics tell us about the future of popular culture / Joel Waldfogel. Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2018] x, 307 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm text txt rdacontent still image sti rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. The creative industries : risky, expensive, and worth preserving -- Part I: A tour of some major cultural industries : music, movies, television shows, books, and photography. Digitization in music : rock on? ; Digitization in movies : Hollywood ending? ; Digitization in television : has the vast wasteland blossomed? ; Digitization in books : fifty shades of dreck? ; Digitization further afield : photography, travel agents, and beyond ; The value of the digital renaissance : the long tail and a whole lot more -- Part II: Coming attractions : farm teams, bundling, pirates, vikings, and trolls. The digital farm system, and the promise of bundling ; A tale of two intellectual property regimes : lessons from Hollywood and Bollywood ; Digitization, the French, and the return of the Vikings ; Bridge trolls : the possible threat of technological gatekeepers ; Crisis or renaissance? "The digital revolution poses a mortal threat to the major creative industries--music, publishing, television, and the movies. The ease with which digital files can be copied and distributed has unleashed a wave of piracy with disastrous effects on revenue. Cheap, easy self-publishing is eroding the position of these gatekeepers and guardians of culture. Does this revolution herald the collapse of culture, as some commentators claim? Far from it. In [this book], Joel Waldfogel argues that digital technology is enabling a new golden age of popular culture, a veritable digital renaissance. By reducing the costs of production, distribution, and promotion, digital technology is democratizing access to the cultural marketplace. More books, songs, television shows, and movies are being produced than ever before. Nor does this mean a tidal wave of derivative, poorly produced kitsch; analyzing decades of production and sales data, as well as bestseller and best-of lists, Waldfogel finds that the new digital model is just as successful at producing high-quality, successful work as the old industry model, and in many cases more so. The vaunted gatekeeper role of the creative industries proves to have been largely mythical. The high costs of production have stifled creativity in industries that require ever-bigger blockbusters to cover the losses on ever-more-expensive failures. Are we drowning in a tide of cultural silt, or living in a golden age for culture? The answers in Digital Renaissance may surprise you."--Dust jacket. Text in English. Popular culture. Cultural property Protection. Cultural industries Technological innovations. Cultura popular 2004 Industria cultural 3285 Bienes culturales 23817 Protección Industria cultural 25893 Innovaciones tecnológicas Nonfiction. 7 cbc copycat 2 ncip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK 0 0 lcc 0 0 CS BJB BJB CS 2022-09-20 0 HD 9999 W163d 2018 00000165231 2022-09-20 00:00:00 1 2022-09-20 BK