The Virtual Policy Network interviewed Hector Postigo about his recent book Digital Rights Movement. You can listen to the show here: SCT 13: The Digital Rights Movement
Tagged: copyright
Podcast: Hector Postigo’s Digital Rights Movement
Pirates of Yesteryear: The King Is Dead. Long Live the King!
@KimDotcom: Hollywood had a plan, the copyright Taliban, hired the White House clan & John the fan, sending 72 armed men to Megauploadistan I admit: I am fascinated with Kim Dotcom. I know, this is a highly problematic confession to make. My fascination with him isn’t because of his cool last name (though it helps) […]
Announcement: 2 New Books, The Digital Rights Movement: The Role of Technology in Subverting Digital Copyright (Hector Postigo) and Managing Privacy through Accountability (Postigo co-Ed.)
Hector Postigo published two books this month. The first is based on his work on digital technologies, cultural production and user resistance to copyright management systems. Below is the description: “The movement against restrictive digital copyright protection arose largely in response to the excesses of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) of 1998. In […]
Copyright and Tuition Hikes: Canadian Civic Engagement and Cultural Production
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 assent. Given our current majority Conservative government, this long-impending introduction of a “Canadian DMCA” will […]
The Legitimizing Power of Markets: Why paying for paper serves as a proxy for ascertaining truths
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 blog. Mary Gray, Chris Boulton, and Zachary McDowell have chimed in with some important ideas about the philosophical […]