Log in | Participants' Backstage
Now that Bill C-11, Canada’s Act to Amend the Copyright Act, has undergone its second reading in the House of Commons, it will be subject to two more votes before it likely heads to the Senate and finally to royal … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Capitalism, copyright, politics | Comments Off
It seems that the pot is starting (or have already started) to boil over. The role of academic publishing houses in the dissemination of knowledge has attracted the attention of people outside academia. And, certainly, it has attracted the attention of our … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged capital, Capitalism, copyright, cultural production, digital culture, digital labor, discourse, economics, Elsevier, Foucault, free software movement, industry, knowledge production, open access, open source, publishing, Stephen Colbert, theory, truth | Comments Off
In the wake of the demonstration against Elsevier, Chris Boulton and I recently authored a brief piece discussing some of the surrounding issues that are getting more widely known due to the academic outcry. In the days since this became … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment
Several weeks ago, the popular message board Reddit announced that it was making a policy change to ban all “suggestive or sexual content featuring minors.” Owned by Advanced Publications, Reddit has made a name for itself in part by its hands-off, … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged cultural production, culture, digital culture, discourse, free speech, law, social media | Comments Off
Recently I was asked to participate in a discussion of Julie Cohen’s new book, Configuring the Networked Self. I took the opportunity to ask my students to read it too. I’ve posted this entry here and at concurringopinions.com in case … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off
← Older posts |