Intellectual property (IP) has a history bound up with the rise of capitalism. Intellectual prope... more Intellectual property (IP) has a history bound up with the rise of capitalism. Intellectual property rights (IPRs) extend monopoly control over a range of immaterial things, thereby excluding competition and maintaining or increasing profits for the rights holder. In recent decades neo-liberal policies have deregulated labour markets while strengthening IPR regulation globally. Physical production costs have fallen while value added from IP has risen. Market forces are used to discipline labour, but monopolies have developed to protect property and in particular IP. By using IPRs to halt competition, prohibitions against 'legal' market entry (illegal or pirate market entry may still be available) lead to super-profits (profits in excess of what a competitive market would afford). This situation makes IP infringement increasingly attractive and in some cases the only opportunity for economic participation. The formation of today's global network society was not simply the liberation of culture, politics and economics from the 'dead hand' of state regulation, whether in the form of western Keynesianism or in the form of the former Soviet Union and its satellites. The post– Cold War construction of today's global world has involved a very particular combination of regulation and deregulation and is not a 'natural' consequence of the end of history or the triumph of the free-market. The establishment of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and its first act, the creation of the Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property (TRIPS), set up a very particular ratchet that has been neo-liberal globalization's governing principle ever since – on the one hand, the increased global regulation of IPRs and, on the other, the further global deregulation of labour. This book seeks to trace this ratchet through the myriad types of IP, the construction of the concept of IP itself and how the global ownership of IP may shape our future lives. We will investigate the role of global IPRs in staking out ownership over the world of ideas. The rise
iii Our title is taken from Eliot's 'Choruses from 'The Rock' It seems appropriate that a researc... more iii Our title is taken from Eliot's 'Choruses from 'The Rock' It seems appropriate that a research team based at Eliot College, the University of Kent at Canterbury, should give the first word to its namesake. Whether he should be given the last word remains to be seen... The basic 'information problem' revolves around the fact that the inquirer knows enough to know that he or she needs information, but doesn't know enough to ask the 'good' questions that would produce the needed information. (Keefer 1993, 336).
Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, 2015
In his Information Age trilogy, Manuel Castells documents the transformation of economic power by... more In his Information Age trilogy, Manuel Castells documents the transformation of economic power by means of network affordances. In more recent work, he has built an account of the linking of economic power with cultural and political power through ‘Murdochization’ or ‘the networking of networks’. Whilst Castells’ account of power has thus developed to acknowledge the integration of economic, cultural and political interests within networks, his account of ‘counterpower’ remains largely focused on cultural and political resistance in the form of protest. Here we explore a case of economic counterpower, the unauthorized livestreaming of digital sports broadcasts. Analysis of this particular case (of counterpower) is particularly significant, given the centrality of Murdochization in Castells’ account of power in the network society. Emerging out of, alongside, and in response to the growth of, Murdochized digital media sports networks, we explore the scope and limits of livestreaming ...
Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to crimina... more Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages.
Encyclopedia of Developing Regional Communities with Information and Communication Technology, 2005
ADAPTthroughRATIO (AtR) was established to address social exclusion in the South West of the Unit... more ADAPTthroughRATIO (AtR) was established to address social exclusion in the South West of the United Kingdom (Devon, Cornwall and Somerset) which has relatively weak employment opportunities. In this area, average earnings and disposable income are low, and the number of firms going out of business is high (ADAPTthroughRATIO, 1998). The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per head in Cornwall is 71.2% of the UK average (and is the lowest in the UK), while 36% of employees are in part-time employment. Part-time work, geographical dislocation and low wages/job security are major problems throughout the rest of the South West region. The region has been affected by the decline of all its traditional industries (mining, farming, fishing and marine-related industries), as well as the reduction of the defence industries and services.
The full-text may be used and/or reproduced, and given to third parties in any format or medium, ... more The full-text may be used and/or reproduced, and given to third parties in any format or medium, without prior permission or charge, for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-prot purposes provided that: • a full bibliographic reference is made to the original source • a link is made to the metadata record in DRO • the full-text is not changed in any way The full-text must not be sold in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders.
Review of:Miller, Robert L and John D. Brewer (2003) The A-Z of Social Research . Sage Publicatio... more Review of:Miller, Robert L and John D. Brewer (2003) The A-Z of Social Research . Sage Publications: London.
Intellectual property (IP) has a history bound up with the rise of capitalism. Intellectual prope... more Intellectual property (IP) has a history bound up with the rise of capitalism. Intellectual property rights (IPRs) extend monopoly control over a range of immaterial things, thereby excluding competition and maintaining or increasing profits for the rights holder. In recent decades neo-liberal policies have deregulated labour markets while strengthening IPR regulation globally. Physical production costs have fallen while value added from IP has risen. Market forces are used to discipline labour, but monopolies have developed to protect property and in particular IP. By using IPRs to halt competition, prohibitions against 'legal' market entry (illegal or pirate market entry may still be available) lead to super-profits (profits in excess of what a competitive market would afford). This situation makes IP infringement increasingly attractive and in some cases the only opportunity for economic participation. The formation of today's global network society was not simply the liberation of culture, politics and economics from the 'dead hand' of state regulation, whether in the form of western Keynesianism or in the form of the former Soviet Union and its satellites. The post– Cold War construction of today's global world has involved a very particular combination of regulation and deregulation and is not a 'natural' consequence of the end of history or the triumph of the free-market. The establishment of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and its first act, the creation of the Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property (TRIPS), set up a very particular ratchet that has been neo-liberal globalization's governing principle ever since – on the one hand, the increased global regulation of IPRs and, on the other, the further global deregulation of labour. This book seeks to trace this ratchet through the myriad types of IP, the construction of the concept of IP itself and how the global ownership of IP may shape our future lives. We will investigate the role of global IPRs in staking out ownership over the world of ideas. The rise
iii Our title is taken from Eliot's 'Choruses from 'The Rock' It seems appropriate that a researc... more iii Our title is taken from Eliot's 'Choruses from 'The Rock' It seems appropriate that a research team based at Eliot College, the University of Kent at Canterbury, should give the first word to its namesake. Whether he should be given the last word remains to be seen... The basic 'information problem' revolves around the fact that the inquirer knows enough to know that he or she needs information, but doesn't know enough to ask the 'good' questions that would produce the needed information. (Keefer 1993, 336).
Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, 2015
In his Information Age trilogy, Manuel Castells documents the transformation of economic power by... more In his Information Age trilogy, Manuel Castells documents the transformation of economic power by means of network affordances. In more recent work, he has built an account of the linking of economic power with cultural and political power through ‘Murdochization’ or ‘the networking of networks’. Whilst Castells’ account of power has thus developed to acknowledge the integration of economic, cultural and political interests within networks, his account of ‘counterpower’ remains largely focused on cultural and political resistance in the form of protest. Here we explore a case of economic counterpower, the unauthorized livestreaming of digital sports broadcasts. Analysis of this particular case (of counterpower) is particularly significant, given the centrality of Murdochization in Castells’ account of power in the network society. Emerging out of, alongside, and in response to the growth of, Murdochized digital media sports networks, we explore the scope and limits of livestreaming ...
Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to crimina... more Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages.
Encyclopedia of Developing Regional Communities with Information and Communication Technology, 2005
ADAPTthroughRATIO (AtR) was established to address social exclusion in the South West of the Unit... more ADAPTthroughRATIO (AtR) was established to address social exclusion in the South West of the United Kingdom (Devon, Cornwall and Somerset) which has relatively weak employment opportunities. In this area, average earnings and disposable income are low, and the number of firms going out of business is high (ADAPTthroughRATIO, 1998). The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per head in Cornwall is 71.2% of the UK average (and is the lowest in the UK), while 36% of employees are in part-time employment. Part-time work, geographical dislocation and low wages/job security are major problems throughout the rest of the South West region. The region has been affected by the decline of all its traditional industries (mining, farming, fishing and marine-related industries), as well as the reduction of the defence industries and services.
The full-text may be used and/or reproduced, and given to third parties in any format or medium, ... more The full-text may be used and/or reproduced, and given to third parties in any format or medium, without prior permission or charge, for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-prot purposes provided that: • a full bibliographic reference is made to the original source • a link is made to the metadata record in DRO • the full-text is not changed in any way The full-text must not be sold in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders.
Review of:Miller, Robert L and John D. Brewer (2003) The A-Z of Social Research . Sage Publicatio... more Review of:Miller, Robert L and John D. Brewer (2003) The A-Z of Social Research . Sage Publications: London.
777 Larissa Aronin is currently based at the University of Haifa. Dr Aronin has published in a ra... more 777 Larissa Aronin is currently based at the University of Haifa. Dr Aronin has published in a range of international journals on a wide array of topics connected with globalization and multilingualism, complexity and sociology of language. She serves as a board member of the International Association of Multilingualism, and edits the bulletin of this association. Aronin is also an advisory board member of the journal Language Teaching. Address: Department of Foreign Languages, University of Haifa, Mount Carmel, Haifa, 31905, Israel. [email: [email protected]]
Lee Marshall’s study highlights the ‘dialectic of Romanticism’ at the heart of ‘popular music’, a... more Lee Marshall’s study highlights the ‘dialectic of Romanticism’ at the heart of ‘popular music’, and modern society more generally. Tate Britain’s exhibition ‘Gothic Nightmares’ centres upon Henry Fuseli’s late eighteenth-century painting ‘The Nightmare’, in which a demonic figure crouches on the stomach of an unconscious woman with the head of a horse craning into view from behind a dark curtain. Romanticism stands as a reaction to and an accommodation with bourgeois society. Viewed from the two ends of a two and a half century time span, the contradictions and continuities bound up with what has come to be called Romanticism stand out as central tensions within the modern capitalist society such a time scale itself brackets. Marshall’s early discussion notes the particular historical emergence of the author as focus for copyright protection. The shift in legal attention from printers and publishers to authors (at least in the attribution of copyrights) served the former groups in providing a foundation upon which to claim moral authority when enforcing monopoly rent on particular forms of goods. The author, represented as creative genius, rather than as dutiful scribe, enabled the economic advantage of the publishing industry to appear less explicit and also less crudely self-interested. The moral and aesthetic good was seen to be served in the very act of closing off competition in the marketplace. Romanticism provided useful discursive frames within which to conduct utilitarian business. It is Marshall’s contention that this practice continues today in the recording industry, with Romantic constructions of the authentic rock artist used both to mass-produce profitable commodities and to justify monopoly rents on the grounds of protecting the artist’s creativity. For a book entitled ‘Bootlegging’, it is worth noting that it is two-thirds of the way into the text that the practice actually comes under scrutiny. The first two-thirds of the book develop the European Journal of Social Theory 9(3): 425–433
Today's economic system, premised on the sale of physical goods, does not fit the information... more Today's economic system, premised on the sale of physical goods, does not fit the information age we live in. The capitalist order requires the maintenance of an artificial scarcity in goods that have the potential for near infinite and almost free replication. The sharing of informational goods through distributed global networks – digital libraries, file-sharing, live-streaming, free software, free-access publishing, the free-sharing of scientific knowledge, and open-source pharmaceuticals – not only challenges the dominance of a scarcity-based economic system, but also enables a more efficient, innovative, just and free culture.
DAVID, M. & MEREDITH, D. (2016) ‘The Proactionary Imperative: A Foundation for Transhumanism,’ by... more DAVID, M. & MEREDITH, D. (2016) ‘The Proactionary Imperative: A Foundation for Transhumanism,’ by Steve Fuller and Veronika Lipinska (Basingstoke: Palgrave 2014). Sociology, 50(3): 614-16. DOI 10.1177/0038038515611312
Dennis Smith, Globalization: The Hidden Agenda, Cambridge: Polity
Press, 2006, 288 pp., ISBN 9780... more Dennis Smith, Globalization: The Hidden Agenda, Cambridge: Polity Press, 2006, 288 pp., ISBN 9780745617022 (hbk), £55.00/€77.00, 9780745617039 (pbk), £16.99/€23.80.
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