ICT and ‘Free’ Culture. An Analysis of New Business Models for Cultural Goods on the Internet

Janowska, Anna Anetta

ICT and ‘Free’ Culture. An Analysis of New Business Models for Cultural Goods on the Internet

Abstract

The technological breakthrough has induced fundamental changes in cultural industries, especially those producing informational goods, e.g. book and press publishing, television and radio production, film production, music recording or video games programming. As a consequence, the internet has seen a flooding of cultural goods accessible for free to nearly every internet user as well as a flourishing of new business models, where cultural products are distributed for free. The aim of the paper is to examine the economic effectiveness of ‘free’ business models proposed by Chris Anderson, in relation to the cultural industries mentioned above, as well as their possible influence on the ‘traditional’ part of these sectors.

Keywords

ICT free culture business models cultural goods internet Chris Anderson cultural industries gift economy freeconomy

Citation

Janowska A.A., ICT and ‘Free’ Culture. An Analysis of New Business Models for Cultural Goods on the Internet, "Gospodarka Rynek Edukacja" 2016, 4(17): 28-32

URI

https://depot.ceon.pl/handle/123456789/11349

Belongs to collection

Artykuły / Articles

Full item record