Culture and capital decoupled : exploring the dynamics of peer-to-peer file sharing and copyright violation

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dc.contributor.advisorJubber, Kenen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorCooper, Amriken_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-12-27T19:44:21Z
dc.date.available2014-12-27T19:44:21Z
dc.date.issued2010en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (p. 55-59).en_ZA
dc.description.abstractIn this thesis the significance of casual copyright violation as enabled by the infrastructural fluidity of the internet is discussed (in particular, its most contemporary form, peer-to-peer file sharing). The aim of this discussion is to explore and promote a better understand of casual copyright violation, beyond the narrower conceptions challenged herein. The positions of progressive intellectual property advocates and of the intellectual property industry are presented, neither of whose analysis appears to rise above idealism or moralising. A triangulated research design was implemented, incorporating one-on-one qualitative interviews, a focus group and a survey of a student file-sharing population. I conclude that peer-to-peer file sharing is less significant as an individual choice than it is as a structural feature of the digital age.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationCooper, A. (2010). <i>Culture and capital decoupled : exploring the dynamics of peer-to-peer file sharing and copyright violation</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Sociology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10283en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationCooper, Amrik. <i>"Culture and capital decoupled : exploring the dynamics of peer-to-peer file sharing and copyright violation."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Sociology, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10283en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationCooper, A. 2010. Culture and capital decoupled : exploring the dynamics of peer-to-peer file sharing and copyright violation. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Cooper, Amrik AB - In this thesis the significance of casual copyright violation as enabled by the infrastructural fluidity of the internet is discussed (in particular, its most contemporary form, peer-to-peer file sharing). The aim of this discussion is to explore and promote a better understand of casual copyright violation, beyond the narrower conceptions challenged herein. The positions of progressive intellectual property advocates and of the intellectual property industry are presented, neither of whose analysis appears to rise above idealism or moralising. A triangulated research design was implemented, incorporating one-on-one qualitative interviews, a focus group and a survey of a student file-sharing population. I conclude that peer-to-peer file sharing is less significant as an individual choice than it is as a structural feature of the digital age. DA - 2010 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2010 T1 - Culture and capital decoupled : exploring the dynamics of peer-to-peer file sharing and copyright violation TI - Culture and capital decoupled : exploring the dynamics of peer-to-peer file sharing and copyright violation UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10283 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/10283
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationCooper A. Culture and capital decoupled : exploring the dynamics of peer-to-peer file sharing and copyright violation. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Sociology, 2010 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10283en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Sociologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherSociologyen_ZA
dc.titleCulture and capital decoupled : exploring the dynamics of peer-to-peer file sharing and copyright violationen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMSocScen_ZA
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