文化产业这一术语产生于20世纪初。联合国教科文组织关于文化产业的定义如下:文化产业就是按照工业标准,生产、再生产、储存以及分配文化产品和服务的一系列活动。美国理论界不提文化产业概念,一般只说版权产业,强调的是文化产品的知识产权属性。日本政府则认为,凡是与文化相关联的产 The term culture industry originated in the early 20th century. UNESCO’s definition of a cultural industry is as follows: A cultural industry is a series of activities that produce, reproduce, store and distribute cultural goods and services in accordance with industry standards. American theoretical circles do not mention the concept of cultural industries, generally speaking only the copyright industries, emphasizing the intellectual property of cultural products. The Japanese government believes that all culture-related production