ABSTRACT

Creators and creative industries are struggling to navigate the digital age. Intellectual property rights, including copyrights, trademarks, and  patents, offer invaluable tools to help creative industries remain viable and sustainable. But to be fully effective, they must be considered as part of a greater ecosystem. Cultivating Copyright offers a framework for tailoring flexible strategies and adaptive solutions suited to diverse creative industries. Tailored solutions entail change on four fronts: business models and strategies, legal policies and practices, technological measures, and cultural and normative features. Creating strong creative industries through tailored solutions serves critical functions: promoting richly varied artistic endeavors and supporting democratic flourishing.

chapter |9 pages

Introduction and Road Map

chapter 1|10 pages

What Is the Problem

Copyright and Creativity in Crisis

chapter 2|15 pages

What Is Causing the Problem

Disruptive Innovation

chapter 3|25 pages

What Are Creative Industries Afraid Of

Known Risks

chapter 5|29 pages

What Doesn’t Work

Focusing Exclusively on Business- or IP-Based Solutions

chapter 6|6 pages

What Does Work

Tailoring

chapter 7|25 pages

Tailoring Business Models and Strategies

chapter 8|15 pages

Tailoring Legal Policies and Practices

chapter 9|15 pages

Tailoring Technological Measures

chapter 10|14 pages

Tailoring Cultural and Normative Features

chapter 11|23 pages

What Is Exacerbating the Problem

Big Tech: The Thumb on the Scales

chapter 12|15 pages

What to Do When Tailoring Doesn’t Suffice

Countervailing Strategies

chapter 13|5 pages

Copyright, Democracy, and Art