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  1. 1. Digital Rights Management - the New Copyright

    Author : Kristoffer Schollin; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Copyright; IT-law; Intellectual property; Digital rights management; DRM; TPM;

    Abstract : DRM – DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENT is a wide term that covers many forms of technological schemes for controlling access, use and distribution of creative works – from the blunt and static restrictions on copy-protected Compact Discs to the sophisticated and fluid usage-rules in online music- and movie-stores such as iTunes. DRM technologies have been created and designed in response to a social development where global, digital networks are putting serious pressure on traditional distribution channels. READ MORE

  2. 2. “All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace” : Activist Practices in an Era of Mediatized Surveillance

    Author : Ilkin Mehrabov; Miyase Christensen; John Sören Pettersson; Andreas Kassler; Emiliano Treré; Karlstads universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Azerbaijan; mediatized activism; mediatized surveillance; surveillative apparatuses; rhizomated subactivism; Turkey; Media and Communication Studies; Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap;

    Abstract : One of the defining features of contemporary zeitgeist is that we live in an era of mediatization – a metaprocess, through (and by) which all everyday relations increasingly depend on networked media technologies and online communication channels.Due to rapid developments in digital electronics, all these Internet- or mobile-enabled platforms, and devices, are prone to the processes of quantification and datafication, and as such, surveillance is a principal dimension that lies at the core of mediatization. READ MORE