Creativity, incentive, and reward
Subtitle: an economic analysis of copyright and culture in the information age
By: Ruth Towse.
Publisher: Edward Elgar
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Cheltenham, U.K; Northampton, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
Subjects: Copyright -- Economic aspects -- Europe.; Arts -- Economic aspects -- Europe.
Description: Creativity is crucial to the Information Age economy. It is the basis of production in the cultural industries. In this excellent book, Ruth Towse provides an analysis of the interaction between creativity, the law, and markets for cultural goods and services. Copyright law establishes property rights that create economic incentives to cultural production and Ruth Towse uses her analysis to draw conclusions about policy on copyright. This unique study is of interest to a range of disciplines in economics, law, cultural studies and management.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-186) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: PART I. CULTURAL ECONOMICS, COPYRIGHT AND CULTURAL INDUSTRIES; title: 1 Creativity, incentives and rewards: cultural economics and copyright law 1; title: 2 The cultural industries, copyright and cultural economics 24; title: PART II. REWARDS TO ARTISTS; title: 3 Economics of artists' labour markets 47; title: 4 The earnings of singers: an economic analysis 79; title: PART III. COPYRIGHT INCENTIVES AND REWARDS; title: 5 The value of performers' rights: an economic analysis (written with Millie Taylor) 93; title: 6 Copyright and economic incentives: an application to performers' rights in the music industry 114; title: PART IV. COPYRIGHT AND CULTURAL POLICY FOR THE INFORMATION AGE; title: 7 Copyright, risk and the artist: an economic approach to policy for artists 131; title: 8 Incentives and access to information: economic aspects of limitations and exceptions to copyright in the digital world 140; title: 9 Conclusions and implications for cultural policy 157.