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10 - The Global Digital Content Landscape

from Part II - Measuring Trade in Knowledge

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 February 2022

By
Erick S. Oh
Edited by
Antony Taubman  and
Jayashree Watal
Antony Taubman
Affiliation:
World Trade Organization
Jayashree Watal
Affiliation:
World Trade Organization
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Summary

This chapter focuses on recent developments in the digital content industry. It begins with a brief discussion of the data limitations that challenge the analysis of this market, and continues with overviews of the key characteristics, important trends, and competitive landscapes in each of the major digital content sectors – video games, video on demand (VoD), digital music, and e-publishing (primarily e-books). The chapter ends with a short summary of intellectual property rights issues or barriers that are currently affecting the global digital content industry.

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Trade in Knowledge
Intellectual Property, Trade and Development in a Transformed Global Economy
 , pp. 323 - 351
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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