Maresa Lippolis

Geert Lovink: Free Cooperations In P2p Networks

During the latest Video Vortex meeting organized by the Institute for Network Culture in Amsterdam at Club 11, the large networker's community met to analyze how video and other materials are shared through the net. In substance the questions that were addressed were how video and audiovisual information is used and shared through the net, how platforms like Vlog and podcast are developing and what tomorrow's television will look like in terms of clustering of information and free construction of programs with independent content.... READ MORE...

Steal This Film 2: Share Alike

n the wake of the diy-do it yourself attitude of Abbie Hoffman s book, Steal this book (1970) , in 2006 a pretended group of filmakers who gathered under the name of The league of the noble peer , produced an interesting documentary film, Steal this film , showing how the present time's pirates are causing trouble to the diffusion and production system of knowledge and information with their recreational and disenchanted habits.... READ MORE...

Peer Production: The Wealth Of Networks

A moment of opportunity and challenge that is how Yochai Benkler's book begins . In Italy The wealth of networks was published by Egea a couple of months ago but can be downloaded from the site www.omniacommunia.org as well.  cos" che si apre il libro di Yochai Benkler - La ricchezza della rete, uscito da qualche mese in italia per Egea ma anche disponibile al download dal sito www.omniacommunia.org .... READ MORE...

Oil 21, P2p & Intellectual Property

From 24th till 28th May Berlin was the meeting point fot that weird and unruly network of activists, artists and hackers whose experiences and projects have intersected more or less continuously for a time at a global level. This time their objective was to study the formation politicies and thus to share experiences and ideas on the growing importance of the spread of knowledge and the access to immaterial resources.... READ MORE...