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Creativity, incentive, and reward : an economic analysis of copyright and culture in the information age / Ruth Towse.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Towse, Ruth, 1943-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Copyright--Economic aspects--Europe.
- Copyright.
- Arts--Economic aspects--Europe.
- Arts.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (208 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Cheltenham, U.K. ; Northampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar, c2001.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- '. . . this is a fascinating and enlightening piece of work. At a time when copyright law, business models in the cultural industry and cultural policy are all under pressure and greatly affected by technological change, this is a valuable and challenging work that deserves to be widely read.' - Helen Dakin, Copyright Reporter '. . . well written, clear and informative. It contains many references that demonstrate the deep knowledge of the field that the author has acquired through her own research and her remarkable work at the head of the Journal of Cultural Economics. She especially pro
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: PART I. CULTURAL ECONOMICS, COPYRIGHT AND CULTURAL INDUSTRIES
- 1 Creativity, incentives and rewards: cultural economics and copyright law 1
- 2 The cultural industries, copyright and cultural economics 24
- PART II. REWARDS TO ARTISTS
- 3 Economics of artists' labour markets 47
- 4 The earnings of singers: an economic analysis 79
- PART III. COPYRIGHT INCENTIVES AND REWARDS
- 5 The value of performers' rights: an economic analysis (written with Millie Taylor) 93
- 6 Copyright and economic incentives: an application to performers' rights in the music industry 114
- PART IV. COPYRIGHT AND CULTURAL POLICY FOR THE INFORMATION AGE
- 7 Copyright, risk and the artist: an economic approach to policy for artists 131
- 8 Incentives and access to information: economic aspects of limitations and exceptions to copyright in the digital world 140
- 9 Conclusions and implications for cultural policy 157.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-21604-3
- 9786613216045
- 1-84376-745-7
- OCLC:
- 65188590
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