[Ecommerce] Markets in the Online Public Sphere

[Michelle Childs]

Markets in the Online Public Sphere Author: Will Davies
Publication Date: 01 December 2005

IPPR a left leaning think tank in the UK with good links to  UK Govt has
just published this. A PDF version can be read on line.
http://www.ippr.org/publicationsandreports/publication.asp?id=3D327

This paper looks at some of the politics and economics surrounding online
information. It asks why this area become so bitterly contested,
especially around intellectual property, and explores the dilemmas this
creates for policy-makers. The paper stands back from this to ask why
things have reached this impasse, and presents an analysis that positions
all these competing visions within a broader understanding of what
constitutes =91the public sphere=92. It concludes by out-lining the
possibilities available for Government.

This is the first working paper in an on-going project, 'Intellectual
Property and the Public Sphere: Balancing Competing Priorities'




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