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AbstractThis article investigates the ways in which cultural economy is formed through negotiation and interaction between local actors in the case of culture‐led regeneration inGwangju,SouthKorea. It looks at the dynamics between the bureaucrats' pursuit of economic growth in the city and the efforts of civil society to maintain a strong political spirit throughout the regeneration process. Through in‐depth interviews with various participants and archival analysis, the politics of cultural economy are examined in relation to theGwangjuBiennale and theCity ofCulture project. The findings show that in these two cases bureaucrats were the dominant force, a tendency that instrumentalized culture. They also illustrate that this dominance brought about resistance from civil society. However, in the process of both engaging in conflict and working with each other, the different discourses of economic growth and cultural meaning were integrated, and in the process mutual learning and adaptation took place among members of the two groups. Civil society also faced cleavages resulting from different approaches to how to collaborate with the bureaucrats and its ensuing self‐reflection on communicative value enhanced its rehabilitation. The article argues that the politics of cultural economy is dynamic, involving processes of renegotiation, adaptation and self‐realization. It also offers the possibility of a new arena for the public sphere. Civil society plays a critical role in the integration of culture and economy.

Internet growth has allowed unprecedented widespread access to cultural creation including music and films, to knowledge, and to a wide range of consumer information. At the same time, it has become a huge source of business opportunities. Along with great benets that this access to the Internet provides, the open and free access to the Internet has encountered large opposition based on political, economical and ethical reasons. An ongoing battle over the control on Internet access has been escalating on all these fronts. In this paper we describe rst some of the ideological roots of free access to the Internet along with its main opponents. We then focus on the problem of "Internet piracy" and analyze the e›fficiency of ešfforts to reduce the availability of copyrighted creations that are available for non-authorized free download. ; La croissance d'Internet a permis un accès généralisé et sans précédent à la création culturelle, y compris à la musique et à des films, ainsi que à la connaissance, et à un large éventail d'information sur le consommateur. Au même temps, l'internet est devenue une énorme source d'opportunités pour les affšaires. Avec les grands avantages que cet accès à l'Internet ošffre, l'accès ouvert et libre à l'Internet a rencontré une opposition importante qui repose sur des raisons politiques, économiques et éthiques. Il y a actuellement une bataille sur le contrôle de l'accès à Internet qui a des répercutions sur tous ces fronts. Dans cet article, nous décrivons d'abord quelques des racines idéologiques de l'accès libre à l'Internet ainsi que ses principaux opposants. Nous avons ensuite mis l'accent sur le problème de "piratage sur Internet" et nous nous employons à analyser l'e›fficacité des ešorts visant à réduire la disponibilité des créations protégées qui sont disponibles pour téléchargement libre non-autorisée.