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Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Initial Orientations / Outlining the Conflict: Observations and Potentials; 3 Personal Justifications / Learning from the File Sharers While Criticizing Them; Intermezzo: Two Gatherings; 4 Material Complexities / The Nested Historiography of Digitization; 5 Geographical Conditions / Sweden as a Case Study: The Pirate Bay and Spotify; 6 Critical Masses / Undercurrents and Articulations of Community; 7 Technologies of the Self / Subjectivities Engendered by Mass-scale File Sharing.;It is apparent that file sharing on the Internet has become an emerging norm of media consumption-especially among young people. This book provides a critical perspective on this phenomenon, exploring issues related to file sharing, downloading, peer-to-peer networks, ""piracy, "" and (not least) policy issues regarding these practices. Andersson Schwartz critically engages with the justificatory discourses of the actual file-sharers, taking Sweden as a geographic focus. By focusing on the example of Sweden-home to both The Pirate Bay and Spotify-he provides a unique insight into a mentality.

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Author

Schwarz, Jonas Andersson

Publisher

Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9781138548596

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Computer Science, Science, Business