Markets in the Online Public Sphere

William Davies has recently published ‘Markets in the Online Public Sphere‘, on the ippr website. It looks at why the politics and economics of online information has become so fiercely contested, especially around intellectual property, and the nature of the dilemmas this creates for policy-makers. The paper stands back from this to ask why things have reached this impasse, and presents an analysis that positions all these competing visions within a broader understanding of what constitutes ‘the public sphere’. It concludes by out-lining the possibilities available for Government.

This is the first working paper in an on-going project, ‘Intellectual Property and the Public Sphere: Balancing Competing Priorities’ that will conclude with a publication in the summer. See here for full details.