TY - JOUR
T1 - Copyright regulations as political and economic leverage
T2 - the case of the online video industry of China
AU - Wang, Wei Ching
AU - Cao, Shule
AU - Dai, Jia
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 The Centre for Chinese Media and Comparative Communication Research, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
PY - 2017/4/3
Y1 - 2017/4/3
N2 - The recent popularity of video websites has transformed video copyright into one of the most critical issues in regulating the online video industry, especially in countries where video websites have started to thrive because of loose copyright regulations and low public consciousness of copyrights. This study explores copyright regulations in the emerging video website market in China, their objectives and measures, and their effects on the industrial outlook of China. Copyright has been used as political and economic leverage in regulating and shaping the video website market, thereby transforming this industry from an unrestrained Internet medium into a politically obedient and profit-driven business. The consequences of this transformation are analyzed and discussed.
AB - The recent popularity of video websites has transformed video copyright into one of the most critical issues in regulating the online video industry, especially in countries where video websites have started to thrive because of loose copyright regulations and low public consciousness of copyrights. This study explores copyright regulations in the emerging video website market in China, their objectives and measures, and their effects on the industrial outlook of China. Copyright has been used as political and economic leverage in regulating and shaping the video website market, thereby transforming this industry from an unrestrained Internet medium into a politically obedient and profit-driven business. The consequences of this transformation are analyzed and discussed.
KW - Chinese video websites
KW - copyright regulations
KW - market competition
KW - market control
KW - political control
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U2 - 10.1080/17544750.2016.1266000
DO - 10.1080/17544750.2016.1266000
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85007256379
SN - 1754-4750
VL - 10
SP - 176
EP - 191
JO - Chinese Journal of Communication
JF - Chinese Journal of Communication
IS - 2
ER -