intellectual property

Web 2.0 – “New Economy” of Enclosure

Branka Curcic — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 11:35:35 +0000

Branka Ćurčić

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Web 2.0 is often referred as type of social networking providing “power to a user and democracy for everyone (...), as incubator of innovative forms of media and free cooperation” among its users. But, what if another point of view is added to this innocent image? We simply have to be able to comment, discuss and criticize something that is loudly (and successfully) represented as a new form of “information superhighway” bringing everyone “equal rights” to create and distribute content.

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Mia Jankowicz — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 15:07:02 +0000

Mia Jankowicz

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Pipeline is a research tool commissioned by me and Anna Colin at Gasworks with Electronest, stemming from the project Disclosures (a longer post about the context of Disclosures will follow soon).

Whose finger points at the (open source) moon?

Mia Jankowicz — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:09:39 +0000

Mia Jankowicz

One of the most notable and essential aspects of open-source cultural values (as informed by FLOSS) is the variety of authorship positions offered in place of the singular author figure that supports the formulation of classical intellectual property discourse. Here I’m speaking particularly in reference to the adoption of open source values and methodologies by the cultural realm; from critical media to contemporary art practice and their dissemination.