Essays about: "File-Sharing"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 39 essays containing the word File-Sharing.

  1. 11. “Heavy” file sharers’ and “heavy” activists’ values and attitudes toward file sharing and intellectual property rights

    University essay from Medier och kommunikation

    Author : Milda Liokaityte; [2012]
    Keywords : file sharing; activism; critical political economy; intellectual property rights;

    Abstract : “Heavy” file sharers’ and “heavy” activists’ values and attitudes toward file sharing and intellectual property rights are analyzed in this thesis, with a focus on the conflict between property owners and non-owners. The purpose of this MA thesis is to investigate the perception of file sharing and intellectual property rights on the Internet. READ MORE

  3. 12. Internet Piracy and Entrepreneurial Growth

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för informatik

    Author : Victor Andersson; Martin Eventorn; Christian Nilsson; [2012]
    Keywords : Entrepreneurial growth; Free; Microsoft; Napster; KaZaA; Internet Piracy; Technological Innovation; Social Sciences; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Internet Piracy has become a phenomenon as a result of developed Internet technologies and file-sharing applications. With the growth of the Internet and the increased number of Internet users around the globe, the world is becoming ever more digitalized. Users are expecting digital information to be readily available at the touch of a button. READ MORE

  4. 13. There Is No "I" in Torrent: Collective Effort and the Collected Self in Peer-to-Peer File-Sharing Networks

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för ABM, digitala kulturer samt förlags- och bokmarknadskunskap

    Author : Christoffer Frostgård; [2012]
    Keywords : Copyright; Anti-Piracy; Piracy; Actor-Network Theory; Science and Technology Studies STS ; Library and Information Science; File-Sharing; Peer-to-Peer; BitTorrent; Netnography; Virtual Community; biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap; ABM; ALM; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : In this study, the file-sharing networks known as private trackers are discussed, which are networks centered around BitTorrent technology. The purpose of the study is to explore how individuals share content on private trackers and discuss how the act of uploading is affected by actors within the file-sharing network. READ MORE

  5. 14. Creative Destruction and the Music Industry: an investigation concerning new music technologies such as peer-to-peer file sharing and cloud computing and how these affect the informal and formal norms towards copyright protection and music consumption.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Edward Sandels; [2012]
    Keywords : creative destruction; copyright legislation; music industry; control vs. connectivity; cloud computing; belief systems; formal and informal norms; institutionalism; file sharing; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This thesis deals with how creative destruction of the music industry caused by digital technologies can change formal and informal norms concerning the protection of copyrighted material. In the process of creative destruction new innovations can be so great that they change people’s beliefs: in the case of the music industry the technological shift from analogue to digital technologies, in particular peer-to-peer file sharing, have changed people’s views on the morality of piracy due to the low risk involvement that these innovations bring. READ MORE

  6. 15. Context Aware File Sharing Protocol Designed for Mobile Devices

    University essay from Institutionen för informationsteknologi

    Author : Niclas Axelsson; [2011]
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