Digital technologies have transformed the way many creative works are generated, disseminated and used. This unique resource presents an up-to-date overview of academic research on the impact of digitization in the creative sector of the economy.

Contents: Introduction Christian Handke and Ruth Towse PART I: PERSPECTIVES ON DIGITIZATION IN THE CREATIVE ECONOMY 1. General Purpose Technologies Cliff Bekar and Erin Haswell 2. Reining in Those Unstoppably Rising Costs William J. Baumol 3 Evolutionary Perspectives Jason Potts 4. Space and Place Andy C. Pratt 5. Business Models Nicola Searle and Gregor White 6. Dynamic Competition and Ambidexterity Hans van Kranenburg and Gerrit Willem Ziggers 7. From Prosumption to Produsage Axel Bruns 8. Consumption Patterns Koen van Eijck and Max Majorana 9. Digital Divide Pippa Norris and Ronald Inglehart PART II: DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNOLOGIES IN THE CREATIVE ECONOMY 10. Copying Technologies Cliff Bekar 11. Technological Change and Cultural Production Peter Tschmuck 12. Media Convergence Michael Latzer 13. Has Digitization Delivered? Fact and Fiction in Digital TV Broadcasting Reza Tadayoni and Anders Henten PART III: POLICY AND COPYRIGHT ISSUES IN THE DIGITAL CREATIVE ECONOMY 14. Cultural Policy Terry Flew and Adam Swift 15. Measuring the Creative Economy Peter Goodridge 16. International Trade in Audiovisual Products Gillian Doyle 17. Copyright Law Peter Di Cola 18. Copyright Law and Royalty Contracts Richard Watt 19. Copyright and Competition Policy Ariel Katz 20. Collective Copyright Management Reto M. Hilty and Sylvie Nérisson 21. Copyright Levies Joost Poort PART IV: COPYRIGHT AND DIGITIZATION: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE 22. Empirical Evidence on Copyright Christian Handke 23. Internet Piracy: The Estimated Impact on Sales Stan J. Liebowitz 24. Artists, Authors’ Rights and Copyright Kristín Atladottír, Martin Kretschmer and Ruth Towse 25. New Opportunities for Authors Joëlle Farchy, Mathilde Gansemer and Jessica Petrou 26. Orphan Works Fabian Homberg, Marcella Favale, Martin Kretschmer, Dinusha Mendis and Davide Secchi PART V: CREATIVE INDUSTRY STUDIES 27. Performing Arts Ruth Towse 28. Art Markets Payal Arora and Filip Vermeylen 29. Museums Trilce Navarrete 30. Publishing Patrik Wikstrom and Anette Johansson 31. eBook and Book Publishing Joëlle Farchy, Mathilde Gansemer and Jessica Petrou 32. Academic Publishing and Open Access Frank Müller-Langer and Marc Scheufen 33. News Piet Bakker and Richard van der Wurff 34. Digital Music Patrick Waelbroek 35. Film Paul Stepan 36. Broadcasting Glenn Withers 37. Games and Entertainment Software John Banks and Stuart Cunningham

Handbook on the Digital Creative Economy contains a rich set of insights that have emerged from a diverse and, in some cases, rapidly growing set of literatures and, as such, is a valuable research record of the scholarly ''state of play''.' --Journal of Cultural Economics'The digital creative economy is the new frontier in the economics of culture and this volume is the very best place to start in on that topic.' --Tyler Cowen, George Mason University, US'Two concepts that have become increasingly prominent in debate about contemporary economic policy are the digital economy and the creative economy. This pioneering Handbook brings these two concepts together, with contributions from a wide range of scholars in economics, law, cultural studies, media and communications. A particular focus of the volume is on copyright issues in the digital environment, especially in the audio-visual, publishing and media industries. This book provides an authoritative overview that will be essential reading for students, researchers and policy-makers working in this rapidly evolving field.' --David Throsby, Macquarie University, Australia