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Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung
(WZB)
Reichpietschufer 50
10785 Berlin
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April 2012 offizielle Gründung des Alexander von Humboldt Instituts für Internet und Gesellschaft (HIIG)
Lehre SoSe 2011 an der FU Berlin
Regulation of Information Goods and Services
Modul: Strukturen und Steuerung der politischen Kommunikation
Digital technologies remind us that information goods differ from other
consumer goods. They are easy to copy, share and modify; and they tend to be
cumulative: as knowledge workers, we all stand on the shoulders of giants.
The more importance modern societies attach to the creation of information
and knowledge, the more relevant the rules become that govern their
production, circulation and use. This seminar will examine the regulation of
information goods and services with a focus on copyright and its
transformation.
The first part of the seminar will look at the characteristics of
information goods and develop a regulatory perspective on copyright. Leading
questions are why we need copyright laws, how they have changed in response
to digitization and why they have become so controversial. The second part
of the seminar will address the regulation of information goods and services
from an empirical point of view. Examples such as Facebook, YouTube,
Wikipedia and Google Books, which constitute new public spheres, will be
used to understand the rules that shape the creation and exchange of
information or knowledge. The seminar will conclude with an assessment of
the impact of contemporary information governance.
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