"Media Piracy in Emerging Economies" is now available
Today, the Social Science Research Council released a large-scale study of music, film and software “piracy” in the emerging economies of Brazil, India, Russia, South Africa, Mexico and Bolivia. Media…
Hart aber gerecht
Die Plagiate im GuttenPlag Wiki. Die Nachrichten zum Thema. Die Dissertation: "Verfassung und Verfassungsvertrag: Konstitutionelle Entwicklungsstufen in den USA und der EU" bei Amazon. Interessant, was deren Käufer auch gekauft…
WSF: Open Letter to Brazilian President: Continue the most progressive culture policy in the world!
The Commons Strategies Group with a little help from some friends has drafted an Open Letter to Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff to be signed by international organizations, academics and activists…
re-mi-x-erogra-philist-er-kenntnisse
re-mi-x-erogra-philist-er-kenntnisse Zu Kunst und Recht der Re-Kreativität (März 2009) Volker Grassmuck erschienen in: Odin Kroeger, Günther Friesinger, Paul Lohberger und Eberhard Ortland, Hg., Geistiges Eigentum und Originalität: Zur Politik der…
Conference "Rethink Music": 25-27 April 2011, Boston
Berklee College of Music and MIDEM debut the Rethink Music Conference In association with Harvard University’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society and Harvard Business School, Rethink Music will examine…
Bündnis 90/Die Grünen Kiel: Kulturflatrate und Abmahnwahn
Auf dem Podium: * Dr. Volker Grassmuck, Medienwissenschaftler * Marlene Löhr, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen Landesvorsitzende * Thorsten Fürter, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen Abgeordneter des Landtags, netzpolitischer Sprecher Moderation: * Dr. Konstantin…
Open Letter by the Brazilian civil society to President-elect Roussef and Minister of Culture Ana Buarque de Hollanda
Letter of civil society representatives to President Roussef and Minister of Culture Ana Buarque de Hollanda, 28 December 2010 (English translation of the Carta de representantes da sociedade civil à…
Dilma announced new minister of culture – and the end of the copyright reform?
Rumors were boiling during the last weeks who president-elect Dilma Rousseff will appoint as her new minister of culture. On Monday, 20 December, as one of the last cabinet posts…
A Licence to End the War on Sharing (presentation at the Free Culture Forum 2010)
This is my presentation at the second Free Culture Forum on 29 October in Barcelona. You can watch the video recording (ogg, starting at 00:12:00), look at my slides (pdf)…