Hyperdistribution and the future of copyright economics : A study of the contemporary Nordic Gaming industry

• Main Author: Rosén, Jimmy
• Format: Others
• Language: English
• Published: Linköpings universitet, Kultur, samhälle och mediegestaltning 2009
• Subjects: Fairclough; Critial Discourse Analysis; Experience; Economics; Organizational studies; Nordic region; Games industry; Hyperdistribution; File sharing; Piracy.; Diskursanalys; Upplevelse; Ekonomi; Organisationsstudie; Norden; Spelindustrin; Fildelning; Piratkopiering.; Technology and social change; Teknik och social förändring
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-18648

This interdisciplinary study shows that because of the changing demands from consumer caused by the growing influence of the internet and file-sharing the Nordic Gaming industry is going through an economic evolution. This result was derived by using qualitative questionnaires directed towards Gaming industry decision makers in the Nordic region combined with critical discourse analysis based on the methodology of Norman Fairclough, using theories of different characters to understand the field. In this thesis the case of the Nordic Gaming industry is used to assert that because of changing demands of consumers and an ever growing piracy movement, societies are evolving into transitional economies where it is increasingly harder to sell products consisting of pure information.