1. The role of consumer generated contents in the music industry: conflicts and perspectives
- Author:
- Hector Fouce
- Publication Date:
- 04-2016
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Fundación Alternativas
- Abstract:
- Digital culture already is the present in which we live. The wounds of transition from the analogue model are being gradually left behind and a new model of culture has taken root in our societies. A model whereby users are no longer limited to consume what the media and cultural societies generate, but are now active elements in their circulation and, often, of creativity itself. Evidentently, this new model has generated disruptions and transformations, which, in the case of music, were initially dramatic. But right now the music market is taking advantage of the oportunities in the Internet, and has been growing during the last four years, with the digital market in Spain receiving in 2016 over one hundred million Euros -61% of its revenue. (Promusicae, 2017), while a new panorama is consolidating with new actors, new relationships among them and new ways of action from authors, industries, technologies and users. This work will explore the exisiting interweaving tensions, endeavoring to point out some ecommendations towards a horizon that brings together the potentialities of technologies, the fair remuneration of those whose way of life is music, and the daily practices of the listeners who make music so important .
- Topic:
- Mass Media, Culture, Internet, and Digital Culture
- Political Geography:
- Europe, Spain, and Western Europe