The Internet's Impact on the Law and Economics Of the US's Motion Picture Industry

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Author(s): Stanford L. Levin (Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, USA), John B. Meisel (Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, USA)and Timothy S. Sullivan (Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, USA)
Copyright: 2008
Pages: 17
Source title: Handbook of Research on Global Diffusion of Broadband Data Transmission
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Yogesh K. Dwivedi (Swansea University, UK), Anastasia Papazafeiropoulou (Brunel University, UK)and Jyoti Choudrie (University of Hertfordshire, UK )
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-851-2.ch035

Keywords: Engineering Science Reference / Global Information Technology / Media & Communications / Telecommunications

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This chapter describes the far-reaching effects of broadband Internet access on the motion picture industry. It first provides a summary of the effects on the industry’s business model: the Internet (particularly when combined with broadband connections) provides a new window for the movie studios to utilize in releasing their product. It next examines the ways that legal, political, and cultural environments are already influencing the industry’s search for a new business model to replace the old. Finally, we draw on lessons from the music industry to predict how the industry will ultimately incorporate broadband technology into a new business model. The authors believe that the motion picture industry provides an excellent case study of broadband’s effects on a mature industry.

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