A New Paradigm for Content Producers

• Autor(a) principal: Castro, Helder
• Data de Publicação: 2010
• Outros Autores: Alves, Artur P., Serrão, Carlos, Caraway, B.
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10071/5511
• topic: drm; content; security

The production, distribution, and consump- tion of information goods have endured numerous challenges over the years. Most recently, the Internet and digital consumer technologies have severely disrupted estab- lished intellectual-property regimes, enabling the near costless reproduction and distribution of information commodities. In addition, so- phisticated tools have enabled new collabora- tive spaces (such as blogs, social websites, and so forth) for media production and distribution, posing new challenges to traditional creator- producer consumer paradigms. This article analyzes the present situation’s main technological characteristics, its eco- nomic implications, and the industry’s response-and outlines a possible solution to the problems.