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
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
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
Good action movies tend to put their CGI-generated finger on some sort of zeitgeist. James Cameron’s Avatar does, as it not only currently makes the prime example of 3D cinema as media technology, but also contains some telling clues to current philosophical, economic and political debates. Continue reading
Crises are fascinating, since they fall into that class of phenomena which are conditional, never fully overseeable, only possible to grasp through invocation of some of their constituent elements. To talk of crises is performative in itself: the crisis is … Continue reading
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