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Author Aigrain, Philippe, author.

Title Sharing : culture and the economy in the Internet age / Philippe Aigrain ; with contributions by Suzanne Aigrain
Published Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (242 pages) : illustrations, charts
Contents Setting the scene -- The Internet and creativity debate -- The value of non-market sharing -- Sustainable resources for creative activities -- The Creative Contribution -- Which rights for whom? A choice of models -- Defining rights and obligations -- How much? -- Sustainable financing for the commons -- Implementation -- Organization and complementary policy measures -- Usage measurement for equitable rewards -- Clarification and counter-arguments -- From proposal to reality -- Appendixes -- Diversity of attention for beginners -- The total cost of rewards and their distribution -- Modeling usage measurement
Summary "In the past fifteen years, file sharing of digital cultural works between individuals has been at the center of a number of debates on the future of culture itself. To some, sharing constitutes piracy, to be fought against and eradicated. Others see it as unavoidable, and table proposals to compensate for its harmful effects. Meanwhile, little progress has been made towards addressing the real challenges facing culture in a digital world. Sharing starts from a radically different viewpoint, namely that the non-market sharing of digital works is both legitimate and useful. It supports this premise with empirical research, demonstrating that non-market sharing leads to more diversity in the attention given to various works. Taking stock of what we have learned about the cultural economy in recent years, Sharing sets out the conditions necessary for valuable cultural functions to remain sustainable in this context. Our software and datasets can be downloaded from the book site at http://www.sharing-thebook.net. On the same site, the reader can also run our models with adjusted parameters and upload datasets in order to run our algorithms for the study of diversity of attention"--Publisher's description
Analysis Popular science
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-229) and index
Notes En
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Subject Computer file sharing -- Social aspects
Computer file sharing -- Economic aspects
Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.) -- Social aspects
Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.) -- Economic aspects
Intellectual property -- Social aspects
Intellectual property -- Economic aspects
Information society.
Computing and information technology.
Digital lifestyle.
Mathematics and science.
Science: general issues.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Regional Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General.
Information society
Intellectual property -- Economic aspects
Form Electronic book
Author Aigrain, Suzanne
LC no. 2012439219
ISBN 9789048515349
9048515343
9089643850
9789089643858