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Challenge in China's Digital Music Industry: How the Protection of Music Copyright Causes Oligopoly Cover

Challenge in China's Digital Music Industry: How the Protection of Music Copyright Causes Oligopoly

By: Boyang An  
Open Access
|Apr 2022

Abstract

Along with the rapid growth of China's music industry, laws and policies that protect music copyrights are also gradually improving. However, the distribution of copyrights among major music platforms is uneven. Music copyrights have become an effective implement for the major music companies in China to eliminate players in the market and create barriers to the industry. This paper analyses the cause of the uneven distribution of music copyrights among music platforms, discusses how this situation leads to an oligopoly that affects the consumers and music producers, and indicates some possible solutions.

Language: English
Page range: 19 - 27
Submitted on: Dec 27, 2021
Accepted on: Jan 20, 2022
Published on: Apr 13, 2022
Published by: International Music Business Research Association (IMBRA)
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

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