Piracy: Leakages from Modernity

Piracy: Leakages from Modernity
ISBN-10
1936117592
ISBN-13
9781936117598
Series
Piracy
Category
Computer crimes
Pages
363
Language
English
Published
2014-07-01
Publisher
Litwin Books Llc
Authors
James Arvanitakis, Martin Fredriksson

Description

"A collection of texts that takes a broad perspective on digital piracy and attempts to capture the multidimensional impacts of digital piracy on capitalist society today"--

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