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HOW TO BEST ENSURE REMUNERATION FOR CREATORS IN THE MARKET FOR MUSIC? COPYRIGHT AND ITS ALTERNATIVES
Author(s) -
Liebowitz Stan J.,
Watt Richard
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of economic surveys
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.657
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1467-6419
pISSN - 0950-0804
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-6419.2006.00259.x
Subject(s) - copying , remuneration , file sharing , consumption (sociology) , the internet , economics , focus (optics) , state (computer science) , music industry , production (economics) , advertising , business , law and economics , microeconomics , computer science , law , sociology , political science , world wide web , finance , social science , pedagogy , physics , optics , algorithm , music education
The focus of this essay is to examine the market for copyrighted works with a particular emphasis on the sound recording market. This market is currently in a state of flux, some would say disarray, due to the ability of the Internet to lower transmission costs for both authorized and unauthorized copies, with the latter being, at this time, far more prevalent. In this essay we discuss the intent of copyright, the role of copying and file‐sharing, and some alternative production/consumption schemes meant to strengthen or to replace copyright.