It was for no particular reason that on Monday, 3d of June, I picked the „linux-bangalore.org/2004“ t-shirt from the pile. Or so I thought. When next day I received an e-mail from Harald Welte informing me that Atul Chitnis (on… Mehr lesen >
The seminar „Alternative distribution models of works protected by copyright in the digital environment” will take place on 23 April 2013 from 9:30 – 14:00 at Riga International School of Economics and Business Administration (RISEBA), Architecture and Media Centre “H2O… Mehr lesen >
This is a collection of materials on the proposals to legalize file-sharing in exchange for a flat-rate remuneration. These proposals are as old as P2P file-sharing itself. They have been advanced by law scholars, people from the music industry, consumer… Mehr lesen >
Grassmuck, Volker Ralf, A Proposal for Legalizing Small-Scale Physical Copyright Piracy Book Publishing, Video Films and Music in Developing Countries (April 4, 2013). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2245342 Abstract: The paper looks at the formative phase of media systems particularly in… Mehr lesen >
The Pirate Bay – Away From Keyboard, a close encounter with the three founders of the world’s largest peer-to-peer file-sharing site, premiered at the Berlin Film Festival and synchronuously on the Net on 8 February. Now, the film can be… Mehr lesen >
Digitalia 2013 Salvador da Bahia 1-5 February 2013 After a grandiose start in 2012, the music-based digital culture conference and festival Digitalia goes into its second year. It is part of an ambitious endeavor that includes research, education, publications, numerous… Mehr lesen >
Wolfgang Sützl, Felix Stalder, Ronald Maier, Theo Hug (Eds.): Cultures and Ethics of Sharing / Kulturen und Ethiken des Teilens 2012, innsbruck university press • iup ISBN 978-3-902811-74-5 • Download the book here. This is a volume of essays about… Mehr lesen >
Must-see AlJazeera documentary. From SOPA that was brought down by the Internet public, only to be followed-up by CISPA, an FBI man declaring that „any type of activity online can be considered a security threat,“ to NSA whistleblower Thomas Drake… Mehr lesen >
The Communist Party of Portugal has proposed a law on legalizing file-sharing in exchange for a levy: Partido Communista Portuguguês (PCP): Projeto de Lei n.o 228/XII/1.a. Regime Jurídico da Partilha de Dados Informáticos, 4 de Maio de 2012. Here are… Mehr lesen >
Philippe Aigrain, Sharing: Culture and the Economy in the Internet Age, Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam 2012, ISBN 9789089643858, Rights http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ In the past fifteen years, file sharing of digital cultural works between individuals has been at the center of a… Mehr lesen >