From: dccarrol-AT-UCSD.Edu Subject: Re: AUT: Software and Anarchism Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 03:48:51 GMT Ronald Bettig's book _Copyrighting Culture: The Political Economy of Intellectual Property Rights_ is a good place to start. He explicitly uses a Marxist approach to IP. For information about software, there aren't too many Marxists doing work on it. I have been very interested in the possibilities and limitations of the GPL, how it subverts copyright law. Could you elaborate on what your interests in this are? Dave Carroll > > SF wrote: > > > > Considering the latest crack downs on software "pirating" > > (http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20011211/tc/software_piracy_1.html) Im > > curious if any one has essays on a marxist overview of copy righted > > material, especially computer software. It seems to me that > > capitalists need copyright laws to prevent the free duplication of > > software which in turn would reduce the labor value to an infinitly > > low level, and remove creditability from the capitalist by > > demonstrating the lack of exchange value. > > > > Also I am looking for an explination of the differences between > > anarchism and autonomist marxism... > > > > Thanks! > > Samuel > > > --- from list aut-op-sy-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu --- > --- from list aut-op-sy-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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