No 1, 2010 - PIRATES - On modern freebooting

Piracy has grown out of the romantic picture painted by Hollywood to become everyday reality all over the world: pirates off the coast of Somalia, cigarette counterfeiters in Chinese backwaters, teenagers downloading to their MP3s and librarians who lend intellectual property to the value of billions of US dollars every year – including to you. But what will it mean if we all become freebooters?

It’s certain that the war of copyright and its handling has been reignited with the democratisation of information. Some people fear the imminent shipwreck of our economy. Others see more people having access to more cultural and scientific resources as a chance for more innovation and social stability. Is intellectual property really worth protecting? How will technological opportunities change our understanding of ownership? And what is the importance of copyright to innovativeness? ABSTRAKT No 1 investigates these and other questions and invites you to think about the nature of freebooting.

With contributions by bestseller author Matt Mason and sinologist Harr von Senger.

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