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Rebecca Giblin and Cory Doctorow’s new book reveals the tricks behind ‘Chokepoint Capitalism’ – how big corporations use low prices to lock in users and creators, while locking out real competition.
After 20 years of copyright battles, publishers have still not found a way to make the most of the potential of digital books.
Many countries are experimenting with different forms of government support for journalism, but the question is about what works best and is sustainable.
The decline of the news industry has been well documented. How did news organizations in the US heartland, facing potential extinction, survive – and even thrive – through the pandemic?
Holding social media companies to account for harmful content on their sites is legally difficult, due to two US laws that protects them from defamation penalties internationally.
Defamation law reform is on the horizon. Social media companies may be held more liable for what they publish. But this could come at the expense of everyday users.
South Africa’s copyright law must not continue ignoring the principles of fair use.
Facebook has expressed interest in regulation, but its submission to the ACCC could be a disappointing early indication of how it will downplay its magnitude in future regulatory debates.
When picking books to read this summer, reach out for the unknown. Here are five expert recommendations for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, for which deserved attention is just starting to shine.
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Lecturer, University of South Australia
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Doctoral researcher investigating governance of social media platforms, Queensland University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer in Law, The University of Western Australia
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Scholarly Communications Librarian, University of the Witwatersrand
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ARC Future Fellow; Professor; Director, Intellectual Property Research Institute of Australia, The University of Melbourne
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Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Toronto
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Associate Professor and Archivist, Boise State University
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Lecturer in Digital Cultures at The University of Sydney, University of Sydney
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Research Associate, School of Journalism and Media Studies, Rhodes University, South Africa / Lecturer, Dept. of Comm. Studies, University of Ghana, Rhodes University
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Assistant Professor of Media law and Media History, Louisiana State University
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Senior Lecturer in Law, Curtin University
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Visiting professor of computer science, The Open University
