[liberationtech] INC Theory on Demand #18: Geoblocking and Global Video Culture

2016-01-25 Thread Geert Lovink
Geoblocking and Global Video Culture Edited by Ramon Lobato and James Meese Theory on Demand #18 Published by the Institute of Network Cultures, Amsterdam, 2016 http://networkcultures.org/blog/publication/no-18-geoblocking-and-global-video-culture/ How do global audiences use streaming

[liberationtech] The Institute of Network Cultures presents: MoneyLab--Coining Alternatives

2013-10-13 Thread Geert Lovink
The Institute of Network Cultures presents: MoneyLab--Coining Alternatives Over the past few years, while the economic downturn endures and budget cuts prevail, we have witnessed the emergence and rise of alternative payment systems and revenue models in digital media. Online bartering sites, a

[liberationtech] INC Social Media Reader out now

2013-02-21 Thread Geert Lovink
Geert Lovink and Miriam Rasch (eds), Unlike Us Reader: Social Media Monopolies and Their Alternatives, Amsterdam: Institute of Network Cultures, 2013. ISBN: 978-90-818575-2-9, paperback, 384 pages. Freely downloadable as pdf on: http://networkcultures.org/wpmu/portal/publication/unlike-us

[liberationtech] Open Call: Alternatives to Google and Facebook

2012-09-18 Thread Geert Lovink
Open Call: Alternatives to Google and Facebook What are alternatives to an increasingly centralized and privatized internet landscape as cultivated by Google and Facebook? At the conference „Digital Backyards“ (Berlin, Oct. 18-20) 50 experts from all over Europe are looking for answers.