Monthly Archives: March 2018

Why do people pirate or stream media unlawfully? This question was investigated by Daniel Zizzo and Piers Fleming, and summarised for the Research Blog Series. Projects: Sharing, Streaming, Stealing or Socialising? and A field Experiment of Detriments of Unlawful file sharing … Continue reading →

Jeremy Silver presents research from his working paper on some technology issues at the heart of blockchain and possible opportunities for the music industry, for the Research Blog Series. Project: Blockchain or the Chaingang? Challenges, opportunities and hype: the music industry and … Continue reading →

For the Research Blog Series, Lilian Edwards writes on the research exploring how ownership and control of cultural assets produced by users on social media sites are regulated by copyright and contract law. Projects: User Generated Cultural Content (UGCC): Users as Creators, … Continue reading →

Morten Hviid presents research on the impact of digitisation on the book, music and video games industries and the interaction between creators and new digital platforms, for the Research Blog Series.  Project: Intermediaries Investigators: Morten Hviid (UEA), Sofia Izquierdo Sanchez (University of … Continue reading →

Kicking off the theme of Intermediaries, Platforms and Users for the Research Blog Series, Philip Schlesinger sets out the research into the cultural business support intermediary. Project: Supporting creative business: Cultural Enterprise Office and its clients (A Creative Economy Knowledge Exchange … Continue reading →

In the final Research Blog Series post on the theme of Regulation & Enforcement, Kris Erickson presents the resource making copyright studies more accessible. Project:  The Copyright Evidence Wiki How can policy makers and academics engage with the growing body of … Continue reading →

Richard Danbury sets out findings from research evaluating the legal options to address the threats to the business models of commercial news production, for the Research Blog Series. Project: Appraising Potential Legal Responses to Threats to the Production of News in … Continue reading →

Richard Paterson presents his research on the changing Business Models of TV Drama production companies, for the Research Blog Series. Project: Modelling the Evolution of the TV Drama production sector in the UK Investigator: Richard Paterson, British Film Institute The … Continue reading →

Luke McDonagh presents the project that investigated cases on copyright heard at the High Court and Intellectual Property Enterprise Court, for the Research Blog Series. Project: Copyright Litigation in the English Courts 2009-2015: Data and Analysis Investigators:  Primary Investigator: Georg von Graevenitz, … Continue reading →