04308cam a22005177i 4500999001900000001000900019003000800028005001700036006001900053007000300072008004100075010001700116015001900133016001800152020002700170020003000197035002400227040014200251041000800393042001400401050002400415082001200439100003500451245011400486264005300600300004300653336002600696336003300722337002800755338002700783504005100810505089200861520154601753546002103299650002103320650003503341650005203376650002703428650002903455650004503484650006203529655001603591906004503607942001203652952012603664  c117056d11705620385280BJBSDDR20230411090823.0a|||||r|||| 00| 0 ta180302s2018    njua     b    001 0 eng d  a  2018936672  aGBB8L93652bnb7 a0191417442Uk  a0691162824 (hardcover)  a9780691162829 (hardcover)  a(OCoLC)on1032581139  aYDXbengcYDXerdadCVMdOCLCOdCO2dOCLCFdSINLBdBURdUKMGBdNBUdCSHdPULdQQ3dBKLdSTFdMEUdYDXITdITDdERASAdBDXdJBGdCHVBKdDLC  aeng  alccopycat14aHD 9999bW163d 201800a338.4771 aWaldfogel, Joel,d1962-92494410aDigital renaissance :bwhat data and economics tell us about the future of popular culture /cJoel Waldfogel. 1aPrinceton :bPrinceton University Press,c[2018]  ax, 307 pages :billustrations ;c24 cm  atextbtxt2rdacontent  astill imagebsti2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aThe 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?0 a"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.  aText in English. 0aPopular culture. 0aCultural propertyxProtection. 0aCultural industriesxTechnological innovations. 4aCultura popular 92004 4aIndustria cultural93285 4aBienes culturales 923817xProtección  4aIndustria cultural 925893xInnovaciones tecnológicas   4aNonfiction.  a7bcbcccopycatd2encipf20gy-gencatlg  2lcccBK  00102lcc40708CSaBJBbBJBcCSd2022-09-20l0oHD 9999 W163d 2018p00000165231r2022-09-20 00:00:00t1w2022-09-20yBK