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 :)
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