INFORMATION WANTS TO BE FREE (BUT IS EVERYWHERE IN CHAINS)

@article{citeulike:1227494, abstract = {Each new stage of private property creates a new axis of class conflict. If there are two axes of class conflict, two kinds of ruling class, two kinds of labor, why not a third? The new ruling class I call the vectoralist class. As private property advances from land to capital to information, property itself becomes more abstract. The property question, the basis of class, becomes the question asked everywhere, of everything. The hacker class arises out of the transformation of information into property, in the form of intellectual property, including patents, trademarks, copyright, publicity rights, and the moral right of authors. There is an essential difference between the hacker class and the vectoralist class. The vectoralist class produces nothing new. The hacker class includes anyone who creates new information, in any media.}, author = {Mckenzie, Wark}, citeulike-article-id = {1227494}, journal = {Cultural Studies}, keywords = {cult\_stud, intellectual\_property, ip, theory}, number = {2/3}, pages = {165--183}, posted-at = {2007-04-15 16:07:02}, priority = {3}, title = {INFORMATION WANTS TO BE FREE (BUT IS EVERYWHERE IN CHAINS)}, url = {http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=7&hid=20&sid=d3fd5d36-f344-4a44-a369-9beb8a5640d1%40sessionmgr3}, volume = {20}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1227494 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1227494 N2 - Each new stage of private property creates a new axis of class conflict. If there are two axes of class conflict, two kinds of ruling class, two kinds of labor, why not a third? The new ruling class I call the vectoralist class. As private property advances from land to capital to information, property itself becomes more abstract. The property question, the basis of class, becomes the question asked everywhere, of everything. The hacker class arises out of the transformation of information into property, in the form of intellectual property, including patents, trademarks, copyright, publicity rights, and the moral right of authors. There is an essential difference between the hacker class and the vectoralist class. The vectoralist class produces nothing new. The hacker class includes anyone who creates new information, in any media. IS - 2/3 JF - Cultural Studies EP - 183 TI - INFORMATION WANTS TO BE FREE (BUT IS EVERYWHERE IN CHAINS) VL - 20 SP - 165 KW - cult_stud KW - intellectual_property KW - ip KW - theory AU - Mckenzie, Wark PY - 2006/// UR - http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=7&hid=20&sid=d3fd5d36-f344-4a44-a369-9beb8a5640d1%40sessionmgr3 ER -