Collaboration in N-th order derivative creation

Abstract

In derivative creation activity, where new content is created based on existing content, it has become popular for multiple creators to collaborate to create new derivative content. In this paper, we analyze the collaboration of music-related derivative videos on a video sharing service. Specifically, by using 83,496 collaborative videos created by 22,841 creators, we analyze the collaboration from the following two viewpoints: video popularity and creator activity. Our analysis results showed that collaborative videos tend to become more popular than non-collaborative ones, the collaboration is not a one-off activity but a continuous one, and creators who have collaboration experience are active for a longer time than inexperienced creators, etc.