Philippe Aigrain intellettuale e studioso del Web ha aperto i lavori della Social Media Week torinese. Qui sotto pubblichiamo l'estratto del suo libro "Sharing" disponibile gratuitamente in rete.
In the past fifteen years, file sharing of digital cultural works
between individuals has been at the center of a number of debates on the
future of culture itself. To some, sharing constitutes piracy, to be
fought against and eradicated. Others see it as unavoidable, and table
proposals to compensate for its harmful effects. Meanwhile, little
progress has been made towards addressing the real challenges facing
culture in a digital world. Sharing starts from a radically different
viewpoint, namely that the non-market sharing of digital works is both
legitimate and useful. It supports this premise with empirical research,
demonstrating that non-market sharing leads to more diversity in the
attention given to various works. Taking stock of what we have learned
about the cultural economy in recent years, Sharing sets out the
conditions necessary for valuable cultural functions to remain
sustainable in this context. Our software and datasets can be downloaded
from the book site at http://www.sharing-thebook.net.
between individuals has been at the center of a number of debates on the
future of culture itself. To some, sharing constitutes piracy, to be
fought against and eradicated. Others see it as unavoidable, and table
proposals to compensate for its harmful effects. Meanwhile, little
progress has been made towards addressing the real challenges facing
culture in a digital world. Sharing starts from a radically different
viewpoint, namely that the non-market sharing of digital works is both
legitimate and useful. It supports this premise with empirical research,
demonstrating that non-market sharing leads to more diversity in the
attention given to various works. Taking stock of what we have learned
about the cultural economy in recent years, Sharing sets out the
conditions necessary for valuable cultural functions to remain
sustainable in this context. Our software and datasets can be downloaded
from the book site at http://www.sharing-thebook.net.
On the same site,
the reader can also run our models with adjusted parameters and upload
datasets in order to run our algorithms for the study of diversity of
attention.
the reader can also run our models with adjusted parameters and upload
datasets in order to run our algorithms for the study of diversity of
attention.
