8. Conclusion

This concluding chapter provides a synthesis and a review of the business models discussed in previous chapters. It will also address the policy implications with a particular focus on copyright law. Following the third copyright amendment in China, I provide detailed recommendations based on the analyses put forward in previous chapters. This book started from the review of literature on the development of the music industry in China in the context of globalisation, technological shift and the changing policy environment under the condition where the cultural and creative industry discourse is gaining momentum in China. This final chapter reviews different accounts on the way people produce, consume and prosume music, and at the same time, socialise, exchange ideas and express themselves through music.