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How German Intellectuals Don’t Understand the Nature of the Internet. Or rather: Germany = Internet Development Country
I recently came across the so-called ‘Heidelberg Appeal’ initiated by some professor for German language and literature studies. In it, more than 1600 German authors, intellectuals and publishers lament that:
[A]t the international level, intellectual property is being stolen from its producers to an unimagined degree and without criminalisation through the illegal publication of works [...]
Posted in Jens Schroeder, Politics, germany Also tagged democracy, elitism, google books, Heidelberger Appell, ignorance, Open access Leave a comment
The New Music ‘Industry’: A German Example
As an addition to the Parker’s post about the future of the music industry (or lack thereof), here is an example from Germany of how the will to innovate can benefit everyone involved: in order to gain independence from the industry, hard rocking guitar pop band Angelika Express financed its last album by selling ’shares’ [...]
Posted in Jens Schroeder, germany, music Also tagged Angelika Express, music industry, Shares Leave a comment
The Cultural Background of (German) Digital Games
Over the course of the last two weeks I conducted a couple of interviews for my Ph.D. dealing with the was the perception of digital games differs in Germany and Australia. By talking to just a couple of people you can tell how the cultural history of a country also influences the way modern media [...]
Posted in Jens Schroeder, Uncategorized, Video Games, germany Also tagged Ascaron, BlogCampaigning, DS, EGDF, Et cetera, home computer, Kultur, Wii, Yager 1 Comment
Games Finally Have a Right to Exist: German Cultural Council Accepts them as “Kultur”
After long discussions the German Kulturrat, the umbrella organisation of the German cultural associations, today welcomed the federal association of game developers GAME, as their latest member. The rationale behind this move: Games are sponsoring all kinds of arts and artists, from designer to script writer to composer; they all benefit from the burgeoning industry. [...]
Impressions from the German Game Developers Conference
The good news: The German development scene is thriving. Studios are growing, more and more state institutions are getting involved into funding and banks recognise the importance of the industry.
The Nintendo DS was a godsend gift for German developers; easy and inexpensive to develop for, hugely popular and with development kits that are comparatively [...]
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Game Developers Conference, Quo Vadis, Shovelware, Uncategorized, violence 1 Comment
Some Thoughts on Youtube, Recession Proof Videogames and the Resident Evil Trailer Controversy
When I went to my colloquium on Thursday a fellow Ph.D. student gave a presentation on his thesis: the use of popular video sharing platforms amongst teenagers and young adults.
Something that stuck with me were his remarks about how Americans apparently engaged differently with these platforms compared to Germans and how this is already reflected [...]
Posted in Social Media Also tagged analyse this!, N'Gai, recession, resident evil 5, YouTube 1 Comment
Germany Retains Hypocritical Stance