The serious business of entertainment
published: Sunday | August 3, 2008 Think of the entertainment industry and the picture of psychedelic lights, glittering stage performances and pumped up adrenaline flashes across. Many are lured by this very glitz and glamour and often perceive this industry is nothing but a cake walk that anyone to everyone can sashay on. But what meets the eye is just the tip of the wide gamut that this industry offers. "There is a popular perception to single out music sector in entertainment, which is not the case," said Kam-Au Amen, lecturer, Reggae Studies Unit, Institute of Caribbean Studies, University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona. On a crest The entertainment industry is riding on a high; specially as world economies are looking beyond shores for cutting edge in the entertainment and related services. According to a recent study by Prof Vanus James of Mona School of Business, the copyright sector, which covers the entertainment ind...