Commons, Piracy and the Crisis of Property

摘要: This article takes the politicisation of copyright and file sharing as a starting point to discuss concept commons construction property. Empirically, draws on series interviews with Pirate Party members in Sweden, Australia, Germany, UK USA; placed theoretical framework commons. We argue that piracy, an act ideology, interrogates common understandings property something self-evident, natural uncontestable. Such constructions found liberal market ideology. The has two broad aims: outline different phases enclosure, from physical commons, institutional finally cultural commons; way piracy highlights emergent crisis private rights, brought fore by global financial ongoing privatization public resources. conclude questioning what new modes enclosure are emerging digital economy driven excessive data mining centralized streaming services.