Rebels for the System? Virus Writers, General Intellect, Cyberpunk and Criminal Capitalism.

The article focuses on the distinction between virus writers and legitimate hackers. Hackers are divided into law-abiding and lawbreaking programmers. Despite of their distinction, these hackers engage in unauthorized or uncontrolled use of computers. The author suggest that the concept of general i...

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Publicado en:Continuum: Journal of Media & Cultural Studies Vol. 20; no. 2; pp. 225 - 242
Autor principal: O'Neil, Mathieu
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Jun2006
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