<nettime> The study of the future has no subject. [question digest x 3]

["nettime's_bored_summer_intern" <nettime@bbs.thing.net>]

"Joeri Mol" <joerimol@hotmail.com>
     I want to post this message (how do I do it?)
"elaynez" <elaynez@msn.com>
     auto/biographies
"Cynthia Scroggie" <cynthia@bates-arg.com>
     Subject: 

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

From: "Joeri Mol" <joerimol@hotmail.com>
Subject: I want to post this message (how do I do it?)
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 07:42:58 

MUSIC JAPAN

IS THERE ANYBODY WHO CAN MENTION INTERESTING PEOPLE TO INTERVIEW REGARDING
THE IMPACT OF THE IT REVOLUTION AND THE JAPANESE MUSIC/FILM INDUSTRY?

At the moment I am conducting several semi-structured interviews in order to 
arrive at an issue-inventory here in Japan for a PhD. that I am pursuing. I 
am focussing on the big intermediaries (like Sony, AVEX etc.), regulatory 
bodies (METI, JASRAC), the retailing industry, voluntary associations of 
musicians/directors, academia and other relevant bodies.

In a nutshell, the objective will be to assess how the IT revolution has 
affected the key economic players in the cultural industries, being:
&#61623; 			Musicians/film directors
&#61623; 			Intermediaries (Sony, EMI, BMG etc.)
&#61623; 			Retailing industry

With regard to the musicians/film directors, the digital revolution has 
enabled them to record their work themselves and most probably at a much 
cheaper rate than the traditional recording studios. Furthermore, with the 
current technology they can also distribute their work via the World Wide 
Web.

Needless to say, starting musicians/film directors still face many obstacles 
to be overcome before such production and distribution is economically 
viable. However, these new modes of transaction pose a significant threat to 
the conventional way of doing business in these industries. The 
intermediaries and the retailing industry alike have to guard themselves 
against the loss of market share and the decline in profits. The current 
turmoil surrounding Napster is a striking demonstration of the far reaching 
implications  the introduction of  IT applications has in these industries.

Does anybody know more about the Japanese case; please contact me.

Kind Regards

Joeri

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

From: "elaynez" <elaynez@msn.com>
Subject: auto/biographies
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 15:34:24 -0700

I'm looking for examples of innovative auto / biographical texts =
designed for the Web, including diaries / journals, memoirs, letters, =
travelogs, self-portraits, tributes, memorials, and hybrid forms. The =
texts may be fictional or 'real.' I'm particularly interested in =
hypertextual / hypermedia approaches. To recommend Web sites, please =
send URLs with brief descriptions to elaynez@beyondwriting.com (subject: =
research). The selections may be incorporated into a course that I'm =
planning.=20

Elayne Zalis, Ph.D. http://www.beyondwriting.com

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

From: "Cynthia Scroggie" <cynthia@bates-arg.com>
Subject: 
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 15:45:19 -0300

I would like to know different sinonimous for the word "experience"

Thanks, best regards,

Cynthia

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

#  distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission
#  <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism,
#  collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets
#  more info: majordomo@bbs.thing.net and "info nettime-l" in the msg body
#  archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nettime@bbs.thing.net