Past theories of consumer innovation and creativity were devised before the emergence of
the profound collaborative possibilities of technology. With the diffusion of networking …

In this article, we draw on our participant observation in the virtual-technology context of
Second Life to explore cocreation's prepossessing claim of consumer empowerment and its …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to produce a critical history of MP3 technology in an
effort to show how its stature as the digital music format of choice had nothing to do with …

This article takes a historical perspective to examine technological convergences that
occurred throughout the twentieth century in an attempt to gain insights that may be helpful …

Conglomerate Rock examines how the music industry is creating a new distribution
infrastructure by dividing access to exclusive releases through different subscription …

The purpose of this article is to theorize and to illustrate how eBay as a game may both
support and undermine playful consumption. In reaching that aim, we argue that business …

Despite attempts to encourage music consumers in countries including the United Kingdom,
France and United States to download music from legal sources, many not only continue to …

Are more flexible fair use approaches, which require a test for determining whether new
uses should be permitted, correlated with economic growth? Using the example of …

La presente tesis nace con un doble objetivo. Por un lado, se propone armar una sociología
de la música y su reproducibilidad sonora 1, esto es, explorar el espacio de conocimiento …

A culture of co-creation in the design of services and products has emerged in global
societies based on the recent pervasiveness of social media. The concept of co-creation …