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This article explores which trade-related policies are effective – that is both economically and culturally sound – to promote the film industry that has recently been highlighted more due to its prominent political, economic and cultural dimensions. By examining the trade-related policies of nine major countries for their film industries over the last forty years, several important findings are extracted which contribute towards a more pragmatic debate...

This chapter assesses whether Korean film policies have been instrumental for the success of the Korean film industry . The major finding of this analysis is that protectionist policies in the film industry have played an insignificant role. First, the import quota regime did not limit the size of the Korean audiences that watched foreign films, but rather strongly induced Korean filmmakers to produce poor quality movies. Second, the screen quota system has not...

Digitization has signi cantly changed the process for producing and consuming music: from analogue to digital, albums to songs, possess to access, audio to visual, and end products to promotional products. In this globalized digital era, actively embracing digitization would likely help enhance the competitiveness of the music industry. e rise of K-pop and the decline of J-pop clearly demonstrate the di erent results from whether to embrace or wrestle...

Since its origin, one of the key concerns regarding copyright law was the duration of its protection. Over the last half-century, there has been a strong advocacy to prolong copyright duration. In this respect, it is important to rigorously examine if a longer copyright duration is helpful in guaranteeing the earnings of authors from their works as well as the promotion of cultural creativity and diversity. This paper addresses these issues by adopting a...