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Shamans, Software, and Spleens: Law and the Construction of the Information Society

Boyle, J. (1996). Shamans, Software, and Spleens: Law and the Construction of the Information Society. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press.

Who owns your genetic information? Might it be the doctors who, in the course of removing your spleen, decode a few cells and turn them into a patented product? In 1990 the Supreme Court of California [...]

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Rip, Mix, Burn: The Politics of Peer to Peer and Copyright Law

Bowrey, K., & Rimmer, M. (2002). Rip, Mix, Burn: The Politics of Peer to Peer and Copyright Law. First Monday, 7.

Whereas Lessig’s recent work engages with questions of culture and creativity in society, this paper looks at the role of culture and creativity in the law. The paper evaluates the Napster, DeCSS, Felten and Sklyarov [...]

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Copyrighting Culture. The Political Economy of Intellectual Property

Bettig, R. V. (1996). Copyrighting Culture. The Political Economy of Intellectual Property. Boulder: Westview Press.

Introduction to the Political Economy of Intellectual Property
The political-economic theory of communications has already made a significant contribution to our understanding of mass communications and society. Denis McQuail identified three prominent trends in media business and technology that have greatly increased [...]

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How electronic publishers are protecting against piracy: Doubts about technical systems of protection

Tang, P. (1998). How electronic publishers are protecting against piracy: Doubts about technical systems of protection. Information Society, 14, 19-31.

The increasing prospects of digital piracy has prompted the perceived need by electronic publishers to adopt technical systems of protection, and governments to reform their copyright laws. This article is a preliminary study of the management [...]

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The global 'epidemic' of movie 'piracy': Crime-wave or social construction?

Yar, M. (2005). The global ‘epidemic’ of movie ‘piracy’: Crime-wave or social construction? Media, Culture and Society, 27, 677-696.

The growth of film ‘piracy’ has become an increasingly high-profile issue. Business groups, national governments, international organizations and law enforcement agencies have claimed that ‘piracy’ has undergone near-exponential growth, doing untold damage to the movie industry. This [...]

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