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2 results foundAuthor: Rosenlund, Jorgen Title: Motion Pictures and Piracy: A Theoretical Investigation Summary: In recent years, copyright-protected markets have been challenged by the sharp rise in usage of peer-to-peer networks. Many of these networks participate in illegal sharing of copyrighted materials, such as books, music and movies. The illegal copying and sharing of intellectual property – also known as piracy - is depicted by firms and media as a terrible crime. But what are the actual consequences of the file-sharing activity? While the music industry has progressed toward lower investment costs at the same time as piracy arose, motion pictures are as - or even more - expensive to produce than before. When reproduction costs are negligible, this makes the motion picture industry more vulnerable to piracy. With the aim of gaining knowledge about motion picture piracy, this thesis extensively review the motion picture industry and reviews literature relevant to piracy in information good markets, motion pictures in particular. It then constructs two models of motion picture piracy with origins in different parts of the theory of industrial organization. Even though the models are not complete in any sense of the word, they nonetheless provide some interesting results. It is shown that, under specific circumstances, piracy can both raise and lower legal demand for motion pictures. Effects upon profits cannot be unambiguously concluded with. It is also shown that an increase in a consumers cost of piracy can negatively affect demand in specific periods - due to fewer consumers being charged with a higher price. It is concluded that further research is much needed to fully understand the workings of piracy in the motion picture industry and its total welfare effects. Details: Bergen: NORGES HANDELSHOYSKOLE, Institute for Research in Economics and Business Administration, 2012. 125p. Source: Internet Resource: Thesis: Accessed May 23, 2016 at: https://brage.bibsys.no/xmlui/bitstream/handle/11250/169443/Rosenlund_2012.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y Year: 2012 Country: Norway URL: https://brage.bibsys.no/xmlui/bitstream/handle/11250/169443/Rosenlund_2012.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y Shelf Number: 139133 Keywords: Intellectual Property TheftMotion PicturesPiracy (Copyright) |
Author: Lynch, Erin E. Title: 'Scripting the Street': Exploring Geographies of Crime in Popular Films Summary: This study contends that the spaces where crime occurs in films are not neutral; they are layered with maps of meaning that we construct somewhere between the imagined and the lived. Given that popular cultural representations both shape and reflect our understandings of crime and space, a study examining where crime occurs in films was warranted but previously unrealized in the criminological literature. This study addresses this gap in the literature by considering how geographies of crime are characterized in a sample of ten recent popular crime films. Applying a qualitative content analysis approach, this study foregrounds the onscreen spaces where crimes occur in an attempt to expose and denaturalize the meanings around crime that are embedded in these backgrounds. Particular regard is given here to the twinning of crime and urbanity, the aesthetics of insecurity, and the gendering of geographies of crime. This study reveals the continued depiction of the city as both locus and location for crime. However, this research also shows how these films play against geographic type, subverting the imagery of "safe havens" - such as broad daylight, overt security measures, and idealized domesticity– to disorient the viewer and signal the sprawl of insecurity into everyday life. While this sprawling insecurity allows for the emergence of the man-of-action hero, women in these films are generally reduced to the background, serving as embodiments of the threatened domestic and as sexual scenery. Building off this backgrounding of women, this study forwards the concept of the body as a distinct geography of crime. These findings point to the value of investigating the "reel" geographies of crime and suggest that further research in this area is needed. Details: Ottawa: University of Ottawa, Department of Criminology, 2013. 150p. Source: Internet Resource: Thesis: Accessed January 31, 2018 at: https://ruor.uottawa.ca/bitstream/10393/26275/1/Lynch_Erin_2013_thesis.pdf Year: 2013 Country: International URL: https://ruor.uottawa.ca/bitstream/10393/26275/1/Lynch_Erin_2013_thesis.pdf Shelf Number: 148938 Keywords: Crime and Place Crime Places Geographical Analysis Mass Media Motion Pictures |