September 2013 - JoPP-Public - lists.ourproject.org

Fablab deadline
by Mathieu ONeil 07 Oct '13

07 Oct '13

Hi Maxigas, Peter, all The deadline for subs to your issue is close (30 September). Have you had enough subs? Do you want to post a reminder / one week extension on lists to jog people's memory maybe? Thanks for advising, cheers Mathieu

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Praxis of peer production - Ecuador FLOK project
by Mathieu ONeil 30 Sep '13

30 Sep '13

Hi all Michel Bauwens of the P2P Foundation has been asked to lead a team of researchers for the FLOK Society project in Ecuador. See http://floksociety.org/2013/09/18/michel-bauwens-arriba-al-ecuador/ He is able to hire five PhD researchers interested in transition policies towards an open commons-based knowledge society. See http://p2pfoundation.net/Research_Positions_for_the_Transition_Towards_a_Op… David Bollier has written a piece on the historical importance of this project. See http://bollier.org/blog/bauwens-joins-ecuador-planning-commons-based-peer-p… Candidates should send their CVs to: p2pfoundation1(a)gmail.com cheers Mathieu

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CFP - Peer production, disruption and the law
by Mathieu ONeil 16 Sep '13

16 Sep '13

Special issue of the Journal of Peer Production Peer production, disruption and the law Editors: Steve Collins, Macquarie University and Angela Daly, Swinburne University of Technology The disruption caused by new technologies and non-conventional methods of organisation have posed challenges for the law, confronting regulators with the need to balance justice with powerful interests. Experience from the “disruptions” of the late 20th century has shown that the response from incumbent industries can lead to a period of intense litigation and lobbying for laws that will maintain the status quo. For example, following its “Napster moment”, the music industry fought to maintain its grip on distribution channels through increased copyright enforcement and the longer copyright terms it managed to extract from the legislative process. The newspaper industry has similarly seen its historical revenue stream of classified ads disrupted by more efficient online listings, and responded to its own failure to capitalise on online advertising by launching legal campaigns against Google News in various European countries. Though the law as it stands may not be well-equipped to deal with disruptive episodes, the technological innovations of the last twenty years have created an environment that generates disruption. The Internet, the Web and networked personal computers have converged into the ubiquitous post-PC media device, leaving twentieth century paradigms of production, consumption and distribution under considerable threat. The latest technology to be added to this group of disruptive innovations may be 3D-printing, which in recent times has become increasingly available and accessible to users in developed economies, whilst the manufacturing capacity of 3D-printers has dramatically grown. Although current offerings on the market are far from a Star Trek-like “replicator”, the spectre of disruption has once again arrived, with the prospect of 3D-printed guns inspiring a moral panic and raising questions of gun control, regulation, jurisdiction and effective control. In addition, 3D-printing raises a number of issues regarding intellectual property, going far beyond the copyright problems that file-sharing brought about due to its production of physical objects. This special issue of the Journal of Peer Production calls for papers that deal with the intersection of peer production, disruptive technologies and the law. Potential topics include, but are not restricted to: The threat posed by peer production to legacy industries The regulation of disruptive technologies through the rule of law or embedded rights management Lobbying strategies of incumbent players to stymie disruptive technologies Emergent economies or practices as a result of disruptive technologies Extra-legal norm formation in peer production communities around disruptive technologies Historical perspectives on the legal status of collaborative projects Critical legal approaches to technology, disruption and peer production The role and ability of the law (which differs across jurisdictions) in regulating autonomous production The resilience of law in the face of social and technological change The theories and assumptions which continue to underpin laws rendered obsolete by social and technological change 500-word abstracts are due by 15th November 2013 and should be sent to disruptlawissue(a)peerproduction.net. Accepted submissions will be notified during December 2013 and full papers (approximately between 4,000 and 10,000 words) are due by 12th May 2014. All article submissions are peer reviewed according to JoPP review policies.

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published two translations!
by Nicolás Reynolds 16 Sep '13

16 Sep '13

just to let you know we just published two spanish translations :) http://endefensadelsl.org/mas_alla_de_la_abundancia_digital.html http://endefensadelsl.org/un_nuevo_horizonte_comunista.html ps: the polanyi (1992) and MIT (2011) bibliographic references were missing -- http://endefensadelsl.org

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Fwd: [JoPP-Editorial] latest benkler
by Athina Karatzogianni 10 Sep '13

10 Sep '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Mathieu ONeil <mathieu.oneil(a)anu.edu.au> Date: Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 12:51 PM Subject: Re: [JoPP-Editorial] latest benkler To: Journal of Peer Production's Editorial team list < jopp-editorial(a)lists.ourproject.org> Nice one Athina! cheers, M ps. why not post it to the main list? # ------------------------------ *From:* jopp-editorial-bounces(a)lists.ourproject.org [ jopp-editorial-bounces(a)lists.ourproject.org] on behalf of Athina Karatzogianni [athina.k(a)gmail.com] *Sent:* Tuesday, September 10, 2013 21:21 *To:* Journal of Peer Production's Editorial team list *Subject:* [JoPP-Editorial] latest benkler Hi All, I thought this is of interest attached Benkler's June 2013 article on practical anarchism, peer mutualism... Best Athina -- Dr Athina Karatzogianni<http://www2.hull.ac.uk/fass/socsci/staff/academic-staff/karatzogianni,-athi…> Senior Lecturer in New Media and Political Communication Director of Media@Social Sciences Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences The University of Hull United Kingdom HU6 7RX T: ++44 (0) 1482 46 6083 E: a.karatzogianni(a)hull.ac.uk Read me on Selected Works Bepress<http://works.bepress.com/athina_karatzogianni/> * Friend me on Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/athina.karatzogianni> ** Follow me on Twitter <https://twitter.com/_athinak_> Link on linkedin <http://uk.linkedin.com/in/athinak1> * _______________________________________________ JoPP-Editorial mailing list JoPP-Editorial(a)lists.ourproject.org https://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/jopp-editorial

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JoPP "project" page: surveys & translations
by Mathieu ONeil 02 Sep '13

02 Sep '13

Hi all As was discussed in the past there are some projects connected to JoPP that should be mentioned on the site. To this end I created a new "projects" menu which at this point has two subpages: 1. surveys @Jarkko: could you please populate this page with a description of your "Surveys of P2P projects" project as well as link(s) to relevant pages on your website. Thanks. 2. translations @Jakob: could you please post the list any links to non-English language translations of your JoPP article. Thanks. @Nicolas: a few months ago you indicated on this list that you were proposing to translate some of our articles into Spanish https://lists.ourproject.org/pipermail/jopp-public/2013-March/000127.html Could you please advise us if that has been done and if yes, what are the articles and URLs? Thanks. cheers, Mathieu

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New member: Stefano Zacchiroli
by Mathieu ONeil 01 Sep '13

01 Sep '13

Hi all I am delighted to sponsor a (pardon the cringe) very special new member of our editorial board, Stefano Zacchiroli. Stefano was until recently project leader for the legendary FOSS distribution, Debian, which is as we speak celebrating its 20th anniversary! Stefano, over to you: thanks for briefly presenting yourself, your research interests and your intended contribution to the journal. cheers, Mathieu

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