[Air-L] Reading on piracy...

[Richard Forno]

It's not scholarly, and not piracy-specific, but there are some good overtones that apply to discussions about piracy/drm/free culture in Stallman's  "The Right to Read" essay -- which is very short and easy reading, btw.  Might be useful in prompting discussions about the broader issues of 'anti piracy' in your class, especially the afterward.

http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.html

There's also Jessica Litman's book 'Digital Copyright'  and Siva Vaidhyanathan's 'Copyrights and Copywrongs: The Rise of Intellectual Property and How It Threatens Creativity' which may help, too.

If you're looking for shorter-form stuff you could always check out things from EFF and/or related NGOs or research centers, too.

cheers

--rick


On Sep 7, 2012, at 4:33 PM, Burcu Bakioglu wrote:

> Folks,
> I am looking for a reading on piracy to assign to my class this semester
> and I am infinitely conflicted. It is an introductory class. Last year I
> assigned sections of Lessig's Free Culture, this year I want to assign
> something else because I'll also be assigning Lessig's other work. Does
> anyone have any ideas/suggestions? Thank you in advance :)
> 
> -- 
> Thanks,
> 
> Burcu S. Bakioglu, Ph.D.
> Postdoctoral Fellow in New Media
> Lawrence University
> 
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