The mission of the IPTS is to provide customer-driven support to the EU policy-making process by researching science-based responses to policy challenges that have both a socio-economic and a scientific or technological dimension. European Commission Joint Research Centre Institute for Prospective Technological Studies Contact informationAddress: Edificio Expo. c/ Inca Garcilaso, s/n. E-41092 Seville (Spain) E-mail: jrc-ipts-secretariat@ec.europa.eu Tel.: +34 954488318 Fax: +34 954488300 http://ipts.jrc.ec.europa.eu http://www.jrc.ec.europa.eu Legal NoticeNeither the European Commission nor any person acting on behalf of the Commission is responsible for the use which might be made of this publication. Europe Direct is a service to help you find answers to your questions about the European UnionFreephone number (*): 00 800 6 7 8 9 10 11 (*) Certain mobile telephone operators do not allow access to 00 800 numbers or these calls may be billed.A great deal of additional information on the European Union is available on the Internet. Reproduction is authorised provided the source is acknowledged Printed in Spain 1 PREFACEThis report is the compilation of three discussion papers prepared during the EPIS projectEuropean Perspectives on the Information Society -with a view to gaining an in-depth understanding of the creative content sector. The creative content sector is characterized by a great diversity of activities, therefore music, books, games, films / TV broadcasting, cultural spaces, mobile content and advertising have been the focus of EPIS, for two main reasons: the role of ICT in their evolution and their contribution to the creation of growth and jobs in Europe. By studying the future evolution of the sector the ultimate goal of EPIS was to provide strategic intelligence for policy makers, and assess the need for policy action in order to unleash the potential of the creative content sector in Europe. The three papers presented in this report address the following issues: -Discussion Paper 1 describes the state of the art of the creative content sector in Europe and establishes a present scenario, in market, industrial, technology and business terms, for a set of sub-sectors (books, music, audiovisual production, video games and cultural spaces) engaged in the mass production of creative goods. -Discussion Paper 2 analyses the impact of ICT innovations on the industrial structure and dominant business models of these sub-sectors. -Discussion Paper 3 focuses on factors related to consumer demand, and social and institutional issues that might drive or hinder the adoption of these innovations.The three discussion papers were presented and validated at a workshop (May 2007) with stakeholders from different parts of the creative content sector. They were also used as a basis to define theses for a Delphi survey that was carried out in June-July 2007. Finally the discussion paper findings helped define scenarios for the future of the creative content. These scenarios may be the subject of a separate publication....

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Information and communications technologies are encroaching on every sphere of modern life. New modes of networking and cross-referencing are revolutionizing our management of data and thus the concept of knowledge itself. Now the advent of embedded technology and artificial intelligence promise to re-open the debate about whether we are becoming masters of technology or its slaves. Co-ordinating public policy with product-oriented R&D has never been more important, for either the economic or cultural future of Europe.

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