The values of sharing - a world of bits in pieces
(2009) STVK01 20091Department of Political Science
- Abstract (Swedish)
- There is a war raging in our world, our country, our streets and our homes, fought in arenas sizing from courthouses down to the currently smallest electronic devices capable of upholding an internet connection. It is a battle of ideas fought by representatives of the notions that said ideas, respectively, are or are not priceless, a battle in the midst of which the state is held hostage by commercial interests, public opinion and super-governmental forces. This essay strives to crystallize what the clashing values of this debate are. This is done by applying an argumentative analysis that seeks to identify the justifications that the essential arguments rest upon. The overall ambitions of the essay is to promote the value of spreading and... (More)
- There is a war raging in our world, our country, our streets and our homes, fought in arenas sizing from courthouses down to the currently smallest electronic devices capable of upholding an internet connection. It is a battle of ideas fought by representatives of the notions that said ideas, respectively, are or are not priceless, a battle in the midst of which the state is held hostage by commercial interests, public opinion and super-governmental forces. This essay strives to crystallize what the clashing values of this debate are. This is done by applying an argumentative analysis that seeks to identify the justifications that the essential arguments rest upon. The overall ambitions of the essay is to promote the value of spreading and producing ideas as well as to provide an extensive descriptive presentation of general arguments and the values that lie therein. (Less)
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- author
- Holmberg, Krister LU
- supervisor
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- Martin Hall LU
- organization
- course
- STVK01 20091
- year
- 2009
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Copyright, Values, Globalization, Protection, Ideas, Intellectual Property, Patent
- language
- English
- id
- 1405369
- date added to LUP
- 2009-06-18 11:00:37
- date last changed
- 2009-06-18 11:00:37
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