Prof. Dr. Sebastian Haunss

31. March 2014
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Will copyrights become the next software patents?

Citation: Will copyrights become the next software patents?, Internet Policy Review [http://policyreview.info/articles/news/will-copyrights-become-next-software-patents/259].

This winter the European Commission asked ‘stakeholders’ for their input on a long list of questions about the future of copyrights in Europe. Between December 5, 2013 and March 5, 20141 everybody – from government to business association, NGO and individual citizen – was able to submit her or his answers or comments to 80 questions about various aspects of copyrights in the digital era. In terms of participation, the consultation was a huge success: The Commission received 11,117 contributions, a record number that no other EC consultation has reached so far. Continue Reading →

15. October 2013
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Courses WiSe 2013/14

BA Seminar: Protestforschung

Geblockt, Montags 12-16 h, GW2 B2860
(Mo. 21.10. 12:00 – 14:00, Mo. 04.11., Mo. 18.11., Mo. 02.12., Mo. 16.12., Mo. 06.01., Mo. 20.01. 12:00 – 16:00, Ort: Unicom;3380, Mary-Somerville-Str. 3, Eingang über Haus Turin)
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1. June 2013
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Conflicts in the Knowledge Society. The Contentious Politics of Intellectual Property

Conflicts in the Knowledge Society

Contents

  1. Introduction
    1. Why now?
    2. Politicization of IP
    3. The organization of this book
  2. The politicization of intellectual property
    1. How IP has become political
    2. The history of intellectual property rights
    3. The current legal and institutional system
    4. Legitimatory narratives
    5. Current developments and conflicts
  3. Conflict and change in the knowledge society
    1. Information, network or knowledge society?
    2. Theories of the knowledge society
    3. Going beyond the stage model
    4. Theories of social change and conflicts revisited
    5. Change and conflict in the knowledge society
  4. Software patents in Europe
    1. The institutional context of the software patents conflict
    2. The development of the conflict
    3. The network of actors
    4. Frames
    5. Bringing the threads together
    6. Software patents and the knowledge society
  5. Access to medicines
    1. The context of the conflict about access to medicines
    2. From TRIPS to Doha
    3. The network of actors
    4. Framing the issue
    5. Context, actors and frames of the access to medicines conflict
    6. Access to medicines – a conflict of the knowledge society
  6. Pirates and commoners
    1. The rise of Pirate Parties
    2. Pirate frames
    3. Pirates in the knowledge society
    4. Creative Commons
    5. The Creative Commons frame
    6. Creative Commons and the conflicts in the knowledge society
  7. Conclusion: new cleavages and new collective actors
    1. Patterns of difference and similarity
    2. Beyond policy conflicts – patterns of conflict and change in the knowledge society
    3. A movement in the making?

Citation: Haunss, Sebastian (2013), Conflicts in the Knowledge Society. The Contentious Politics of Intellectual Property, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

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17. April 2012
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Courses SoSe 2012

BA Vertiefungsseminar: Interest Group Networks in Europe
Bi-weekly, Mondays 11:45-15 h, M 901
(16.4., 23.4. (13:10-15:00), 14.5., 4.6., 18.6., 2.7.2012)
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MA Seminar: Netzaktivismus
geblockt, verschiedene Wochentage und Orte
(18.4., 4.5., 10.5., 11.5., 15.6.)
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BA/MA Kolloquium
Montags 11:45-13:15 Uhr, M 901
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Doktorandenseminar: Diskurs- und Frameanalyse in der Politikwissenschaft
Dienstags, geblockt, 10–18:30 Uhr, D 351
(24.4.. 22.5., 19.6., 10.7.)
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21. October 2011
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Courses WiSe 2011/12

MA Course: Transnational Social Movements
Bi-weekly, Wednesdays 8-12 Uhr, C 426
(19.10., 26.10., 9.11., 23.11., 7.12., 18.01., 1.2.)
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BA Vertiefungsseminar: Politische Legitimation im internationalen Vergleich
Zweiwöchentlich, Mittwochs 8-12 Uhr, C 426
(19.10., 2.11, 16.11, 30.11, 14.12, 11.1, 25.1, 8.2)
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BA Vertiefungsseminar: Theorien der Wissensgesellschaft
Donnerstags 10-12 Uhr, F 423
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BA Proseminar: Akteure der Zivilgesellschaft
Donnerstags 14-16 Uhr, D 430
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BA/MA Kolloquium
Donnerstags 12-14 Uhr, G 302
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