The Copy Rights Research Residency brought together four researchers in Washington, D.C., to explore individual and collective authorship in the digital age through creative and critical projects. They examined mass digital communication, media policy, intellectual property, and the implications of digital connectivity, privacy, and regulation. Occurring shortly after Aaron Swartz’s suicide and before Edward Snowden’s revelations, the residency highlighted the tension between the potential for democratic communication and the encroachment of commerce and bureaucracy. The researchers collaborated with various organizations and produced works addressing surveillance, gender, and data. Their projects fostered dialogue about the future of information sharing and democratic potential in the digital era.
VOL3. RIGHTS: OPEN ORDERS OF GLOBAL INFORMATION
