Books

Governing New Frontiers in the Information Age

Author(s): 
Scott Shackelford
Publication Date: 
March 20, 2020
Publication Type: 
Book

Many pressing environmental and security threats now facing the international community may be traced to the frontiers. From climate change and cyber-attacks to the associated challenges of space weaponization and orbital debris mitigation, solutions to all of these issues have at their root some form of regulation over the 'global commons'. Yet governance over these spaces is now transitioning away from multilateral treaties to regional and bilateral accords. This book makes an original contribution by comparing and contrasting some of the principal issues facing the frontiers. Read more about Governing New Frontiers in the Information Age

Reconciling Copyright with Cumulative Creativity: The Third Paradigm

Author(s): 
Giancarlo Frosio
Publication Date: 
June 1, 2018
Publication Type: 
Book
Reconciling Copyright with Cumulative Creativity: The Third Paradigm examines the long history of creativity, from cave art to digital remix, in order to demonstrate a consistent disparity between the traditional cumulative mechanics of creativity and modern copyright policies. 
 

Communia and the European Public Domain Project: A Politics of the Public Domain

Author(s): 
Giancarlo Frosio
Publication Date: 
March 1, 2012
Publication Type: 
Book

Digital technology has made culture more accessible than ever before. Texts, audio, pictures and video can easily be produced, disseminated, used and remixed using devices that are increasingly user-friendly and affordable. However, along with this technological democratization comes a paradoxical flipside: the norms regulating culture's use — copyright and related rights — have become increasingly restrictive. This book brings together essays by academics, librarians, entrepreneurs, activists and policy makers, who were all part of the EU-funded Communia project. Read more about Communia and the European Public Domain Project: A Politics of the Public Domain