Cheliotis (2007)
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Cheliotis (2007) | |
Title: | Remix Culture: An Empirical Analysis of Creative Reuse and the Licensing of Digital Media in Online Communities |
Author(s): | Cheliotis , G |
Year: | 2007 |
Citation: | Cheliotis, G. (2007). Remix culture: an empirical analysis of creative reuse and the licensing of digital media in online communities. |
Link(s): | Open Access |
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About the Data | |
Data Description: | 7,484 music items, collected june 2007. 3,982 remixed items, or 53% of total..
There are also a graph with data from january 2008. |
Data Type: | Secondary data |
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Cross Country Study?: | No |
Comparative Study?: | No |
Literature review?: | No |
Government or policy study?: | No |
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Abstract
In 2003, the US recording industry, hoping to change what some view as a ‘culture of piracy’, initiated lawsuits against its own consumers. What is this culture of piracy and what is at stake in trying to change it? In this article, I take an ethnographic look at music file-sharing, and compare the situation in the US with Japan, the second largest music market in the world. My findings are based on fieldwork in Tokyo, and surveys and discussions with US college students. By considering the ways social dynamics and cultural orientations guide uses of digital media technology, I argue that a legal and political focus on ‘piracy’ ignores crucial aspects of file-sharing, and is misleading in the assumptions it makes for policy. A focus on fan participation in media success provides an alternative perspective on how to encourage flourishing music cultures.
Main Results of the Study
- Author provides visual representations of the interactions within the ccMixer network.
- Reuse can span multiple generations of works and has the potential double the output of a community.
- The propensity to reuse falls with the breadth and depth of reuse.
- Extrinsic incentives in the form of competitions can boost production by authors and attract new authors to the community. However most competition works are never used again and the motivational effects end when the competition ends.
Policy Implications as Stated By Author
A policy to promote remixes and reuse could increase creative production.
Coverage of Study
Datasets
Sample size: | 3,982 |
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Period of material under study: | january 2008 |
Sample size: | 7484 |
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Period of material under study: | january 2008 |