Misuser Inventions and the Invention of the Misuser: Hackers, Crackers and Filesharers.
The conflicts which have erupted over hacking, cracking and filesharing offer a stepping-stone for rethinking the involvement of users in innovation processes. As technical design processes invariably proceed in the shadow of established relations of social power, we can expect them to encompass con...
| Publicado en: | Science as Culture Vol. 19; no. 2; pp. 151 - 180 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Jun2010
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