Now I’m also blogging over at mediark.org. That blog will be more about issues of media regulation, media philosophy, creative, media-related ideas, empirical research and theory than this one. On this site, I’ll nevertheless keep blogging more personal – and, hopefully, … Continue reading
New peer-reviewed academic article: “The origins and impacts of Swedish file-sharing: A case study” in the new journal Critical Studies in Peer Production (CSPP). Short abstract: If it is possible to speak of a coherent file-sharing movement in Sweden, what … Continue reading
I have published a new article. It’s about the activist subject and the pirate subject – and how it seems impossible to maintain agential “purity” in an era of increasing infrastructural and agential complexity. My argument, in short, is that the forms of activism found online, connected to what is commonly called the “pirate” movement, are hard to separate from consumerism and entrepreneurialism. Continue reading
Following the verdict from the Swedish Court of Appeal in the famous Pirate Bay copyright infringement case, this is my critique of how one-sided the notion of “benefit to society” is in the grounds for this ruling. Continue reading
A brief summary of some of the main conclusions in Jonas Andersson’s Ph.D. thesis, recently approved by Goldsmiths, University of London. The thesis explores how file-sharers justify their habits, and what they refer to; how their arguments are constituted in terms of representation, agency, justification and morality, as well as the actual technical, economic, historical, demographic and geographical conditions. Continue reading
On a new Swedish reader on The Pirate Bay that I have edited, and a brief summary of some of the observations that are developed in that book. In the near future, it is likely that the Internet will have even more “walled gardens” and “tethered machines”, while the unrestricted, non-overseeable p2p networks will continue to operate below the surface. Continue reading
Brief update: The author of The Liquidculture Notebook, Jonas Andersson, now holds a Ph.D. degree from Goldsmiths, University of London. Continue reading
Bennett Lincoff proposes a digital transmission right for the Internet. He argues that the Net is fundamentally incompatible with the old business model of selling individual copies of popular culture. In his proposal, a digital transmission right would replace copyright as we currently know it on the Internet. In this posting, I reflect on his proposal from various points of view. Continue reading
Wonkier than thou No pun intended. I love Rustie’s music, I love dubstep when it’s made with heart and soul and not being moody, adolescent, asexual stoner music. But it cracks me up that for anyone outside of this scene, … Continue reading
The music industry in the 2010s and the example of J*Davey They are building two new stadiums in my city. 105,000 new seats. This is entirely in line with what The Economist noted recently: For the media industry, the future … Continue reading
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