The pirate's dilemma
Subtitle: how hackers, punk capitalists, graffiti millionaires and other youth movements are remixing our culture and changing our world
By: Matt Mason
Publisher: Allen Lane
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9781846141201
Subjects: Young adults; Attitudes; Subculture; Piracy (Copyright); Entrepreneurship; Information society; Ungdomskultur; Subkulturer; Piratkopiering
Description: Should piracy be treated as a problem or a solution? 'The Pirate's Dilemma' explores the underground trends that have spawned worldwide movements, addressing some of our most basic assumptions about business, society and our collective future.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Intro: Enter the lollipop; title: Punk capitalism : from D.I.Y. to downloading sneakers; title: The Tao of pirates : sea forts, patent trolls, and why we need piracy; title: We invented the remix : cut-'n'-paste culture creates some new common ground; title: The art of war : street art, branding, and the battle for public space; title: Boundaries : disco nuns, the death of the record industry, and our open-source future; title: Real talk : how hip-hop makes billions and could bring about world peace; title: Ethernomics : pillow fights, happy slaps, and other memes that leave a mark; title: Outro: The pirates dilemma : changing the game theory.