<font><font face="trebuchet ms,sans-serif">[Forwarding from Amsterdam University Press. --Peter Suber.]<br></font></font><br><div class="gmail_quote"><br>
Press release, 1 February 2012<br>
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File sharing and Open Access are the future of culture<br>
<br></div><div class="gmail_quote">Sharing: Culture and the Economy in the Internet Age<br>
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By Philippe Aigrain, with contribution of Suzanne Aigrain<br>
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<br>Sharing cultural works benefits authors, culture and public<br>
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In the past fifteen years, file sharing of digital cultural works<br>
between individuals has been at the center of a number of debates on<br>
the future of culture itself. Sharing provides a new view of the value<br>
of peer-to-peer sharing of digital works. Taking stock of what we have<br>
learnt about the cultural economy in recent years, Aigrain develops<br>
new economic models for rewarding creativity and for valuable cultural<br>
functions to remain sustainable.<br>
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<br>Living Book<br>
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Sharing is also available as a living book on <a href="http://www.sharing-thebook.net" target="_blank">www.sharing-thebook.net</a>.<br>
The author will update it on an ongoing basis, and readers are welcome<br>
to join the debate and update it with the author.<br>
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<br>Sharing is available as a print book and online through Open Access<br>
under the Creative Commons licence.<br>
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<br>Download your FREE copy of Sharing here<br>
<a href="http://www.sharing-thebook.com/content/download" target="_blank">http://www.sharing-thebook.com/content/download</a><br>
and share with other interested parties<br>
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"Aigrain enlightens our understanding of the present while opening our<br>
minds to new, better ways of reaping the cultural and social benefits<br>
of the digital revolution."--Professor Juan Carlos De Martin - Faculty<br>
Director, NEXA Center for Internet & Society, Politecnico di Torino<br>
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"Philippe Aigrain (…) explains why - contrary to what is generally<br>
stated - non-commercial sharing of cultural works by individuals is a<br>
widely beneficial practice. Most importantly, he explores what can be<br>
done in practice to sustain creativity in the new digital<br>
landscape."--Charles Nesson, Weld Professor of Law and Founder of the<br>
Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University<br>
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"More than an impassioned defense of the Creative Contribution, this<br>
essay is a must read for anyone interested in a viable economic<br>
structure adapted to the realities of the digital environment."--Milad<br>
Doueihi, Research Professor of Digital Cultures, Université Laval,<br>
Canada<br>
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Philippe Aigrain is the CEO of Sopinspace - Society for Public<br>
Information Spaces and one of the founders of La Quadrature du Net.<br>
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Suzanne Aigrain is lecturer in astrophysics at Oxford University and<br>
fellow of All Souls College.<br>
<br>ISBN 978 <a href="tel:90%208964%20385%208" value="+19089643858">90 8964 385 8</a> * e-ISBN 978 <a href="tel:90%204851%20534%209" value="+19048515349">90 4851 534 9</a> * February 2012 *<br>
€29 * Pbk* 244 pages<br>
<br>For more information or a review copy,<br>
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please contact Valeria Mecozzi at <a href="mailto:v.mecozzi@aup.nl">v.mecozzi@aup.nl</a><br>
Or visit <a href="http://www.aup.nl" target="_blank">www.aup.nl</a><br>
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