Tecnobrega: o Pará reinventando o negócio da música

Livro fruto de estudos do projeto Modelos de Negócios Abertos – América Latina (Open business models – Latin America), coordenado pelo Centro de Tecnologia e Sociedade (CTS) da Fundação Getúlio Vargas, em parceria com o Instituto Overmundo. Nascido do brega tradicional, o tecnobrega surgiu no início dos anos 2000, distante das grandes gravadoras e da atenção da grande indústria, graças à apropriação de novas tecnologias e à mobilização de agentes como DJs, artistas, cantores, bandas, vendedores de rua, festeiros, etc. A partir da experiência desses atores, a pesquisa relatada neste volume mostra a importância de novos modelos de negócios para a consolidação de mercados viáveis e sustentáveis, dentro de uum cenário de crise da legislação de direitos autorais.

O mercado fonográfico no Brasil: alterações nas relações de poder a partir do desenvolvimento tecnológico e da pirataria virtual

The phonographic market has experienced a period of significant change caused by technological evolution. This phenomenon of global proportions has been the subject of considerable debate in the media and in academia. The entry of new actors, as well as piracy and new forms of commercialization of musical products, has significantly altered the relationships of power existing in this field. Therefore, the scope of this article is to analyze the phonographic industry in Brazil as an arena of forces and power struggles, based on notions of the field of cultural production, from the perspective of Bourdieu. This study constitutes a qualitative research and data was analyzed using a descriptiveinterpretative approach. In the case of the sector under scrutiny, and on the basis of the theoretical reference material, it would appear to be correct to affirm that economic capital is what is being sought on the part of the actors who comprise the field. Nevertheless, it is important to stress that the critical incidents that brought about the changes in the structure of the field over the course of time were predominantly of a technological nature. The field of the Brazilian phonographic market is currently experiencing a period of structural alteration that was especially affected by the development of MP3 technology and the emergence of virtual piracy. The fact is that formerly the major recording companies dominated the market and had the necessary resources of power to exercise their role as dominant actors and maintain this position. However, the aforementioned factors favored the entry of new actors in the field and the empowerment of those that prior to this time did not have the resources to compete against this domination.