By Manuel Castells
What are ""Piracy Cultures""? often, we glance at media intake ranging from a media definition. we glance at television, radio, newspapers, video games, net, and media content material quite often, all departing from the concept that the entry to such content material is made on hand in the course of the money of a license price or subscription, or just simply because it’s both paid or on hand at no cost (being supported by way of ads or below a ""freemium"" company model). that's, we glance at content material and how humans engage with it inside a given procedure of idea that sees content material and its distribution channels because the fabricated from relationships among media businesses, firms, and individuals—effectively, a advertisement dating of a contractual style, with accordant rights and obligations.
But what if, for a second, we grew to become our recognition to the empirical proof of media intake perform, not only in Asia, Africa, and South the USA, but in addition all over the place Europe and North the United States? world wide, we're witnessing an increasing number of humans development media relationships outdoors these institutionalized units of rules.
We don't intend to debate no matter if we're facing felony or unlawful practices; our launching element for this research is that, whilst a really major percentage of the inhabitants is construction its mediation via replacement channels of acquiring content material, such habit could be studied so one can deepen our wisdom of media cultures. simply because we want a name to represent these cultures in all their diversity—but whilst, of their commonplaceness—we suggest to name it ""Piracy Cultures.""
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