Publication and Copyright

Technological innovations, from Gutenberg to the Internet, have increased accessibility to media. They have also brought up new issues in the control and management of reproduction.

"Fair Use"

The Creative Commons

The commons is a place of exchange and cultural critique. These freedoms have historically been regulated by the state.
Raises the issue of freedom of speech, when does this freedom become subversion?

Digitalization

"Publication, How it reaches people, and How it is done"

• It is regulated by the state. Why? In order to control what people have access to, what people can see.
• Who has the right to reproduce their words?

*There is a public, a readership for something - Back in the day the readership was limited to those with access to broadcast media.

• Place of assembly - Medium of dissemination - In the 18th Century they had coffee houses where people could talk/debate

"Ownership"
*who owns the means of production? *copyright *intellectual property

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