The system of book creation

Intellectual property and the self-publishing sector of the creative industries

Datos Bibliográficos

ID21191790
AutoresRita Matulionytė (0000-0002-5202-1351, University of Newcastle Australia, autor de correspondencia), Eva Paton (0000-0003-4649-4862, University of Newcastle Australia), Paul Mcintyre (0000-0003-3498-7029, University of Newcastle Australia), D Gleadhill (University of Newcastle Australia)
Año2017
Volumen10
Número3
Páginas191-210
Fecha de publicación2017-09-02
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaCreative Industries Journal (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1751-0694 • E-ISSN: 1751-0708
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17510694.2017.1393193
OpenAlexW2767908680
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas39

This article explores publishing as a creative system and examines the changes brought by the emergence of digital technologies on this sector of the creative industries, specifically the proliferation of self-publishing. The paper examines the deep background of changes in thinking on creativity as well as the evolution of self-publishing, before focusing in on the specific legal challenges that self-publishing authors face. These challenges include questions surrounding collaboration and community-sourced services and the identification of co-authors who would also have legal rights invested in the final product as well as issues surrounding fan-fiction, which is especially popular among self-publishing authors. Linked to these are the challenges surrounding the protection of works published online, which is especially difficult for self-published authors who often work without the legal knowledge, experience and resources that traditional publishers have previously provided to enforce copyright. These and other issues raise the question as to the extent the current legal structure of copyright corresponds to the new realities facing the publishing sector and whether this underpinning legal framework satisfactorily serves this creative system in action

Business · Creative industries · Economic geography · Economics · Intellectual property · Political science · Publishing · Creativity in Education and Neuroscience · Law