Matsumoto, Shinji --- "Performers in the digital era: empirical evidence from Japan" [2002] ELECD 57; in Towse, Ruth (ed), "Copyright in the Cultural Industries" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2002)

Book Title: Copyright in the Cultural Industries

Editor(s): Towse, Ruth

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781840646610

Section: Chapter 12

Section Title: Performers in the digital era: empirical evidence from Japan

Author(s): Matsumoto, Shinji

Number of pages: 14

Extract:

12. Performers in the digital era:
empirical evidence from Japan
Shinji Matsumoto

12.1 PERFORMERS AND PERFORMANCES IN JAPAN
12.1.1 Introduction

This chapter presents evidence collected by GEIDANKYO, which is the
Council of 61 performers' organizations in Japan. GEIDANKYO has four
main functions: the study of and research on performers to promote the
performing arts in Japan; improving the social and economic status of
performers; welfare provision for performers; and the administration of
neighbouring rights of performers and advocating their expansion.
GEIDANKYO has collected general data concerning performing arts and
published the White Paper on Performing Arts every two years since 1997;
these data form the basis of this chapter, which compares performers' incomes
from live performance with those from neighbouring rights and considers the
effect of digitalization.

12.1.2 Performers in Japan

According to the national census 1990, the number of musicians was 114 000
and the number of actors, dancers and traditional entertainers was 64 500, so
in total 178 500 performing artists were living in Japan.

· Of the 114 000 musicians, 22 000 earned their living mainly from public
performance and the ratio of men to women was seven to three.
· Of the 64 500 actors, dancers and traditional entertainers, 50 000 earned
their living mainly from public performance and the ratio of men to
women was seven to three.
· As far as musicians who earned their living from teaching activity were
concerned, the ratio of men to women was one to nine. This ...